Rank: Private
Regimental Number: 643
Place of Birth: Fremantle, Western Australia
Address: 73 King Street, Boulder, Western Australia
Next of Kin: Father, Jason Phillip Craig
Enlistment Date: 4 September 1914
Unit Name: 11th Battalion, F Company
Age embarkation: 19
Marital Status: Single
Occupation: Letter carrier
Date of Death: -
Place of Burial: -
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History
Sergeant JAMES JOHN WILLIAN GRAIG.
Sergeant James John William Graig (643) was born and educated at Fremantle. He enlisted on the 15th August, 1914, and embarked per the Ascanius, and from there went on to Gallipoli. He left Gallipoli for France and arrived there on the 4th April, 1916. He was invalided to England and then returned to France, where he was wounded on the 19th August, 1918. He arrived home on the 23rd February, 1919 per H.M.S. Kanowna.
Australia’s Fighting Son’s of the Empire.
Family/military connections
Craig, Frederick Colin, Sapper, Divisional Signal Company 4 — Streets of East Freo
The above Soldiers are the brothers: Sergeant JAMES JOHN WILLIAM CRAIG (left), Driver FREDERICK COLIN CRAIG (right). Australia’s Fighting Son’s of the Empire.