BALFRON - SCOTLAND
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Private Guthrie CRAIG 637
Born: Glasgow, Scotland Enlisted: 27-8-1914, Sydney, New South Wales Occupation prior to Enlistment: Plumber 4th Battalion Australian Infantry Departed Australia 20-10-1914 Killed in Action: 1-5-1915, Gallipoli aged 26years Son of Alexander and Marion Guthrie Craig. Honoured: Lone Pine Memorial, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey Honoured Australian War Memorial Panel 39 |
Glasgow Herald 26-6-1915
"Mrs Craig, Viewfield, Balfron, has received official intimation that her second son, Private Guthrie Craig, has been killed in the Dardanelles. Private Craig, who was about 26 years of age, emigrated to Australia about three years ago, and had joined the 4th Australian Imperial Force on the outbreak of the war. He was born at Cambuslang."
Her elder son Frank also fell.
"Mrs Craig, Viewfield, Balfron, has received official intimation that her second son, Private Guthrie Craig, has been killed in the Dardanelles. Private Craig, who was about 26 years of age, emigrated to Australia about three years ago, and had joined the 4th Australian Imperial Force on the outbreak of the war. He was born at Cambuslang."
Her elder son Frank also fell.
Lance Corporal Frank CRAIG 6968
Born: Glasgow, Scotland Enlisted: 25-9-1916, Show Ground Camp, Sydney, New South Wales Occupation prior to Enlistment: Plumber 13th Battalion Australian Infantry Departed Australia 25-11-1916 Killed in Action 10-7-1917, Belgium aged 31years Son of Alexander and Marion Guthire Craig Husband of Maggie Ethel Craig of 8 Stanley Street, Kogarah, NSW. Honoured: Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres, Flanders, Belgium Honoured Australian War Memorial Panel 68 |