Edward Arthur CRAIG

Regimental number25988
Place of birthChristchurch
OccupationInsurance official
Next of kinMother, Mrs D Craig, Gillies Avenue, Epsom, Auckland
Rank on embarkation2nd Lieutenant
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, 24th Reinforcements (1st Draft), Auckland Infantry Regiment, A Company
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on board HMNZT 81 Devon on 5 April 1917
Final rank2nd Lieutenant
Final unit2nd Battalion, Auckland Infantry Regiment
FateDied of wounds 5 October 1917
Age at death from cemetery records34
Place of burialLijssenthoek Military Cemetery (Plot XX, Row H, Grave No 14), Poperinge, Belgium
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: David and Sarah Emma Craig, 71 Gillies Avenue, Epsom
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNominal Roll Vol. 3: Roll 59, p. 3

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