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Military service
Service number:
22560
Age:
21
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry (Eastern Ontario Regt.)
Birth:
April 23, 1895
Enlistment:
Fredericton, New Brunswick
Death:
June 2, 1916
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
Panel 10
Additional information
Son of Nellie Maria Kirth (formerly Craig), of Willmar, Saskatchewan, and James Craig.
Digital gallery of Private Leonard Craig
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Inscription on Menin Gate (Ypres) Memorial
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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 111 of 788. -
Memorial
Inscription on the Menin Gate … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
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Letter to his mother Mrs John Kirch from his platoon commander Cpl Percy Armstrong about the circumstances of his death. -
Photo of Leonard Craig
R Leonard J Craig (23 Apr 1898 - 2 Jun 1916) courtesy of Ancestry.ca -
Photo of Leonard Craig
Photo in Saint John Daily Telegraph and Sun 17 Jun 1916 page 8 -
Photo of Leonard Craig
Memorial to three soldiers from Zionville. York county, New Brunswick who died during WWI, source Find a Grave -
Photo of Leonard Craig
Obituary - J Leonard J Craig from Daily Gleaner 17 Jun 1916 pg 8
Digital gallery of
Private Leonard Craig
Digital gallery of
Private Leonard Craig
Digital gallery of
Private Leonard Craig
Digital gallery of
Private Leonard Craig
Digital gallery of
Private Leonard Craig
Digital gallery of
Private Leonard Craig
Digital gallery of
Private Leonard Craig
Digital gallery of
Private Leonard Craig
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 72 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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