Alexander Dempster CRAIG

Regimental number8/1958
Date of birth26 July 1889
Place of birthPalmerston South
ReligionProtestant
OccupationLabourer
AddressPalmerston South
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation27.6
Height5' 8"
Next of kinBrother, W E Craig, Puketapu, Palmerston South
Previous military serviceNil
Enlistment date13 July 1915
Place of enlistmentTrentham
Rank on embarkationCorporal
Enlistment statusVolunteer
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, 5th Reinforcements, Otago Infantry Battalion
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on board HMNZT 24 Maunganui on 13 June 1915
Final rankLance Corporal
Final unit1st Battalion, Otago Infantry Regiment
FateKilled in Action 12 October 1917
Place of burialNo known grave
Commemoration detailsTyne Cot Memorial (New Zealand Apse, Panel 3), Zonnebeke, Belgium
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Brother: W E Craig, Puketapu, Palmerston South
Other details

War service: Egypt, Gallipoli, Western Front

Court of Enquiry, 23 November 1917, concluded: 'Reasonable to suppose killed in action, October 12th, 1917.'

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Miscellaneous detailsNominal Roll Vol. 1: Otago Infantry Batln/Fifth. No Form B103 on file: scant details available.
SourcesArchives New Zealand (Wellington), Agency AABK, Series 18805, File 21898509