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Military service
Service number:
707241
Age:
19
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Central Ontario Regiment)
Division:
54th Bn.
Birth:
March 15, 1898
Salt Springs Island, British Columbia
Enlistment:
Victoria, British Columbia
Death:
April 9, 1917
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
IV. B. 7.
Additional information
Son of the late Lt. Col. J. Craig and Eva Beatrice Alice (nee Lambert) Craig. Native of Ganges, British Columbia. Private Craig is commemorated on Salt Spring Island Cenotaph.
Digital gallery of Private John Duncan Beverley Craig
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Memorial Plaque
Memorial Plaque to John Duncan Beurley not (Beverley as enscribed) Craig killed on the first day of the Battle of Vimy Ridge, April 9th, 1917. -
Grave Marker
The grave marker at the Bois Carre British Cemetery located on Vimy Ridge at the eastern edge of the town of Thelus, France. The cemetery is about 6 kilometres from Canada's Vimy Memorial. May he rest in peace. (John & Anne Stephens 2013) -
Bois Carre British Cemetery
The Bois Carre British Cemetery located on Vimy Ridge at the eastern edge of the town of Thelus, France. The cemetery is about 6 kilometres from Canada's Vimy Memorial.(John & Anne Stephens 2013) -
Inscription
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Circumstances of Death Registers
Source: Library and Archives Canada. CIRCUMSTANCES OF DEATH REGISTERS, FIRST WORLD WAR Surnames: CRABB TO CROSSLAND Microform Sequence 24; Volume Number 31829_B016733. Reference RG150, 1992-93/314, 168. Page 101 of 788. -
Newspaper clipping
From the Daily Colonist of May 8, 1917. Image taken from web address of http://archive.org/stream/dailycolonist59y128uvic#page/n0/mode/1up
Digital gallery of
Private John Duncan Beverley Craig
Digital gallery of
Private John Duncan Beverley Craig
Digital gallery of
Private John Duncan Beverley Craig
Digital gallery of
Private John Duncan Beverley Craig
Digital gallery of
Private John Duncan Beverley Craig
Digital gallery of
Private John Duncan Beverley Craig
BOIS-CARRE BRITISH CEMETERY Pas de Calais, France
Thelus is a village 7 kilometres north of Arras and BOIS-CARRE BRITISH CEMETERY is about half a mile east of the village on the south side of the D49 road to Bailleul-sire-Berthoult.
For more information, visit Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
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