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Military Information

  • Date of enlistment: 23.09.1914
  • Place of enlistment: Valcartier, Quebec.
  • Service no: 16634
  • Rank: Private
  • Service Occupation:
  • Awards:
  • Regiment/Service: Canadian Infantry
  • Unit/Ship: 7th Battalion
  • Place of Death: Belgium
  • Age at Death: 40
  • Date of Death: 24.04.1915
  • Burial Country: Belgium
  • Cemetery: Menin Gate Memorial
  • Grave/Mem Ref no: Panel 18-28-30

Personal Information

  • Date of Birth: 07.02.1875
  • Place of Birth: County Kildare, Ireland
  • Address:
  • Occupation: Labourer
  • Mother:
  • Father:
  • Siblings:

    Charles Craig, Caputh Olehouse, Murthly, Perthshire

  • Spouse:
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More about James Craig

James has no known grave but is remembered on the Menin Gate Memorial. Miss Elizabeth Craig of 9 Worsley St, Dundee was recorded as his next of kin when he enlisted.

For more information on James vist, James memorial also James Service Record and Circumstances of  Death Register

For reasons unknown James Craig is not included on the original Dundee City Roll of Honour

Information researched and supplied by Gary Thomson

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