Edward Arthur Craig

Forenames

Edward Arthur AWMM

Surname

Craig AWMM

Service number

WWI 25988 AWMM

Gender

Male AWMM

Religion

Presbyterian

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Date of birth

05 December 1882

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Place of birth

Christchurch, New Zealand

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Address before enlistment

71 Gillies Avenue, Epsom, Auckland

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Next of kin

Mrs D. Craig (mother), Gillies Avenue, Epsom, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM

Relationship status

Single

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War

World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM

Campaign

• 1917 AWMM Passchendaele AWMM
• 1914-1919 AWMM Western Front AWMM

Armed force / branch

Army AWMM

Service number

WWI 25988 AWMM

Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers

Corporal - Company Sergeant Major - 2nd Lieutenant

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Enlistment

WW1 Unknown AWMM Insurance official/Civilian AWMM

Age on enlistment

33

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Occupation before enlistment

Insurance Official at New Zealand Insurance Company

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Embarkation details

WW1 05 Apr 1917-10 Jun 1917 AWMM
HMNZT 81 AWMM Vessel was Devon AWMM Second Lieutenant AWMM 24th Reinforcements, Auckland Infantry Regiment, A Company AWMM New Zealand Expeditionary Force AWMM

Medical notes

Died of wounds, Cause of Death AWMM

Last rank

WW1 Second Lieutenant AWMM
Auckland Infantry Regiment, 2nd Battalion AWMM

Edward Craig was the son of David and Sarah Emma Craig of 71 Gillies Avenue, Epsom, Auckland.

Member of the Titirangi Golf Club

Attended Auckland Grammar School.

Attended Auckland University College (now the University of Auckland).

Next of Kin: Mrs D. Craig, Epsom, Auckland (Roll of Honour, Auckland Province 1914-1918 (Volume 1)) AWMM

Death

5 Oct 1917 AWMM
Age  34 AWMM

Place of death

No. 17 Casualty Clearing Station, Remy Siding, Lijssenthoek, Belgium

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Cause of death

Died of wounds AWMM

Cemetery

Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery, Poperinge, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium AWMM Plot XX, Row H, Grave 14 AWMM

Obituary

Obituary: Auckland Grammar School Chronicle. 1917. AWMM

Memorial name

• Auckland Grammar School War Memorial, New Zealand AWMM
• Auckland War Memorial Museum, World War 1 Hall of Memories AWMM
• Marivare Reserve, corner of Manukau and Ranfurly Roads, Epsom, Auckland AWMM

Related objects

External links

• Military personnel file
  https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R21898537
  Further Reference
• Passchendaele Casualty form.
  http://web.archive.org/web/20180129035740/http://www.archives.govt.nz/exhibitions/passchendaele/view?pid=archives:12431
  Further Reference
• Passchendaele Casualty form.
  http://web.archive.org/web/20180129035740/http://www.archives.govt.nz/exhibitions/passchendaele/view?pid=archives:12431
  Further Reference
• The New Zealand Heritage List. War Memorial, Auckland Grammar School, Mountain Road, Epsom, Auckland.
  http://www.heritage.org.nz/the-list/details/4472
  Further Reference
• Auckland University College Roll of Honour.
  http://www.specialcollections.auckland.ac.nz/ww1-centenary/roll-of-honour/search?page=345
  Further Reference
• Marivare Reserve Memorial Archway Index, Auckland Council Archives
  http://www.aucklandcity.govt.nz/dbtw-wpd/CityArchives/FamilyHistory/AUC204/searchmarivare.htm
  Further Reference
• A Street Near You record
  https://astreetnearyou.org/person/433110/-
  Further Reference
• Commonwealth War Graves Commission Casualty record
  https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/433110
  Further Reference
• Passchendaele Museum Profile
  https://archives.passchendaele.be/en/soldier/928
  Further Reference
• New Zealand War Graves Trust
  https://www.nzwargraves.org.nz/
  Further Reference
• Auckland Grammar School Archives
  https://ags.recollect.co.nz/nodes/view/10623
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References

• Macdonald, L. (1978). Passchendaele : the story of the third Battle of Ypres 1917. London : Penguin Books.
• Harper, G. (2000). Massacre at Passchendaele : the New Zealand story. Auckland, N.Z.: HarperCollins.
• Connolly, A., & Stanes, P. Rememberance: Auckland Grammar School Great War Roll of Honour. Vols 1 & 2. Auckland: Petand Prodctions.
• New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1918). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume III. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
  59: 3
• Auckland Grammar School Chronicle. Auckland, N.Z.: Auckland Grammar School.
  Auckland Grammar School chronicle. 1917, Third term. pp.15-16.
• A.U.C. roll of honour, 1914 - 1920. MSS & Archives E-2, Special Collections, University of Auckland Libraries and Learning Services.
• Beattie, P.J. & Pomeroy, M. (2013-2020). Onward : portraits of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force (vols 1-5). Auckland, New Zealand: Fair Dinkum Publications
  Vol. 2: Includes portrait
• Information kindly provided by family
• Roll of Honour, Auckland Province (digital copy), 1914 - 1919. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS-2016-2.
• Burton, O. (1922). The Auckland regiment : being an account of the doings on active service of the First, Second and Third Battalions of the Auckland Regiment. Wellington, N.Z.: Whitcombe & Tombs.
• HMNZT 81 - Bulldogs' bark and Devon lyre : being the unofficial organ of the Right Wing, 24th Reinforcement. N.Z.E.F. Morgan, R.C. (Robert Carhampton), editor. Kiely, R.D. (Robert Dale), editor. -- Capetown : Printed by the Cape Times : 1917