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Private Edward Joseph Craddock

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PERSONAL INFORMATION

Date of birth: 1898-01-15
Place of birth: Belleville Ontario Canada
Next of kin: Joseph Craddock, father. 102 Massey Street, Toronto, Ontario
Marital status: single
Occupation (attested): Labourer
Occupation (normalized): Labourer
Address: 102 Massey Street, Toronto, Ontario
Religion: Baptist
Date of death: 1918-09-27
Cause of death: Killed in action
Buried: Haynecourt British Cemetery, I. C. 24.

MILITARY INFORMATION

Regimental number: 201352
Highest Rank: Private (3rd Battalion)
Rank detail
  1. Private, 3rd Battalion, Infantry (Army). 1918-03-29 to 1918-09-27
  2. Private (Army). 1917-10-12 to 1918-03-29
  3. Private (Army). 1917-05-06 to 1917-10-12
  4. Private, 3rd Battalion, Infantry (Army). 1916-10-05 to 1917-05-06
  5. Private (Army). 1915-11-01 to 1916-10-04
Degree of service: Europe
Survived war: no
Battle wounded/killed: Wounded April 30, 1917 at Swischen Stellung, KIA at Bourlon Wood
Awards

Military Medal (Drocourt-Queant Line)
Date of award: 1919-07-01
Date of award: 1918-09-02
Source: London Gazette No. 31430, pg. 8340
Comment: awarded under authority of First Division Order 5647, November 9, 1918
Notes: offered for sale on emedals.ca

RESEARCH INFORMATION

CVWM ID: No CVWM ID in our database, but try this.
CWGC ID: 522254
LAC ID: 123034
Attestation record(s): image 1, image 2
Service file: B2095-S018
Uploader's Notes:

Son of Joseph Edward Craddock and Hannah Craddock (nee Smith); husband of Bertha Craddock (nee Green). The service file suggests that his wife was a bigamist, and before any war pension payments were made, she disappeared

Date of Birth declared on Attestation papers was January 15, 1896 but birth record confirms the correct Date of Birth was January 15, 1898

3 years prior service in 15th Regiment, City of Belleville as Private

CEF Burial Registers - 'Killed in Action - had reached the objective and was looking for a place to sleep, when an enemy shell landed nearby and he was hit in the chest by a piece of shrapnel which instantly killed him.'

Uploader's Research notes: 95th Battalion Nominal Roll [Private Army Canadian Infantry 1st Central Ontario Regimental Depot Private Army Canadian Infantry 12th Reserve Battalion Private Army Canadian Infantry 3rd Battalion Private Army Canadian Infantry 95th Battalion B Company Private Army Canadian Infantry 3rd Battalion Military Medal Drocourt-Queant Line awarded under authority of First Division Order 5647, November 9, 1918 ]

ARCHIVAL INFORMATION

Date added: 2004-09-04
Last modified: 2020-08-16