John Hendry Craig

Trooper

Conflict:

WW1

Additional Information:

Son of Robert and Margaret Craig. Born in Scotland.

References:

CWGC

Archives New Zealand

NZ WAR GRAVES

Biographical Notes:

His service record states that he married Olga Pasqualine Scozzofava in Egypt on the 22nd February 1919. The ceremony carried out at the British Consulate, by James Morgan. There is also a note that he was promoted to Corporal and transferred to the NZ Army Pay Corps, which may have not been enacted at the time of his death.

"ROLL OF HONOUR. CRAIG.—On April 10, 1919, died in Egypt. Corpora! John Hendry Craig, Twenty-first Reinforcements, dearly-beloved son of Robt. and Margaret Craig, Victoria Road, Devonport, formerly of West Kilbride, Ayrshire; aged 22 years." [New Zealand Herald, Volume LVI, Issue 17139, 19 April 1919, Page 1]

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Casualty

Service Number:

31069

Name:

John Hendry Craig

Name variation:

John Henry Craig (CWGC)

Rank:

Trooper

Date of Birth:

22 February 1897

Place of Birth:

West Kilbride, Ayrshire, Scotland

Next of Kin:

Mr R Craig (father), Victoria Road, Devonport, Auckland

Religion:

Presbyterian

Date of Enlistment:

22 August 1916

Locality on Enlistment:

Victoria Road, Devonport, Auckland

Place of Enlistment:

Featherston, New Zealand

Marital Status on Enlistment:

Single

Marital Status on Death:

Married

Occupation on Enlistment:

Clerk

Employer:

A S Paterson & Company

Unit:

NZEF, New Zealand Mounted Rifles Brigade, Auckland Mounted Rifles

Casualty Details

Cause of Death:

Died of sickness

Date of Death:

10 April 1919

Day of Death:

Thursday

Age at Death:

Conflict:

WW1

Embarkation Details

Embarkation Body:

New Zealand Expeditionary Force

Embarkation Place:

Wellington, New Zealand

Embarkment Date:

08 February 1917

Transport:

Manuka 8 February 1917

Vessel:

Manuka

Destination:

Suez, Egypt

Text in italics supplied by Cenotaph Online, Auckland War Memorial Museum

Cemetery

Cemetery:

Cairo War Memorial Cemetery

Cemetery Reference:

P. 6.

Cemetery Location:

Egypt