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Private Alexander Black Craigie

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PERSONAL INFORMATION

Date of birth: 1892-01-24
Place of birth:
Marital status: no data
Date of death: 1916-03-03
Buried: R.E. Farm Cemetery, III. A. 5.

MILITARY INFORMATION

Regimental number: 406276
Highest Rank: Private
Rank detail

Private (Army).

Survived war: no

Images

War Diary Front Page December 1914 1st Bde. C.F.A.
War Diaries December 1st to 15th 1914 1st Bde. C.F.A.
War Diary 2nd Page December 1914 1st Bde. C.F.A.

RESEARCH INFORMATION

CVWM ID: No CVWM ID in our database, but try this.
CWGC ID: 102433
LAC ID: 123689
Attestation record(s): image 1, image 2
Service file: B2107-S045
Uploader's Notes:

Son of the late Mr. and Mrs. J. D. G. Craigie, of Edinburgh, Scotland

Killed by accidental explosion of shell when Private Craigie was tampering with a live German 'whiz-bang' shell found buried earlier in the day. The explosion also killed Private Ovila Ayotte (Service No. 416617)

Uploader's Research notes: [Private Army Canadian Machine Gun Corps 1st Machine Gun Company ]

ARCHIVAL INFORMATION

Date added: 2004-09-04
Last modified: 2019-08-19