Walter Riddell CRAIG

Regimental number52385
OccupationFencer
Next of kinSister, Miss L M Craig, 'Dunholm', Station Road, Remuera, Auckland
Rank on embarkationPrivate
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, 27th Reinforcements (First Draft), E Company
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on board HMNZT 87 Tahiti on 12 June 1917
Final rankRifleman
Final unit3rd Battalion, New Zealand Rifle Brigade
FateKilled in Action 9 May 1918
Age at death from cemetery records38
Place of burialSucrerie Military Cemetery (Plot I, Row J, Grave No 37), Colincamps, Somme, France
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Robert and Jane Craig, Waipipi, Waiuku
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNominal Roll Vol. 3: Roll 67, p. 23