Cragg, William

Gosford District Casualties of World War One

Bragg, Edmund Allen Service Number 1494

Killed in Action 19th May 1915 Gallipoli Peninsula

Gosford District Casualties of World War One

Cragg, William Service Number 2824

Killed in Action 12th October 1917 Belgium

Gosford City Council gratefully acknowledges the voluntary efforts of

Benalyn Campbell

And Vivienne Tranter

in compiling this resource

The information in this file has been extracted from official records

held in the

The Australian War Memorial and

National Archives of Australia

(© Commonwealth of Australia [National Archives of Australia] 2013)

Further information on this soldier may be found online at:

Commonwealth War Graves

The AIF project

Content advisory: This file may potentially contain disturbing accounts of service-related injury and death, disease and family grief. Adult supervision is recommended for children

using these resources. Individual files should be viewed within the context

provided by wider research on service conditions in the 1st AIF.

This resource is presented by Gosford City Council

for research purposes only. Please note that copyright for resources

contained within remains with the original copyright owners.

http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/au/deed.en

NAME Cragg, William

SERVICE NO 2824

UNIT 33rd

Battalion

RANK Private

AGE at Enlistment 29 yrs 5 mths

PLACE OF BIRTH Warrington, Lancashire, England

ADDRESS Mann St Gosford, NSW

OCCUPATION Carpenter

DATE OF ENLISTMENT 6 Nov 1916

PLACE OF ENLIST-MENT

Show Ground Camp Sydney, NSW

PREVIOUS SERVICE Sth Lancashire Reg. 4 yrs.

NEXT OF KIN Wife;- Lily Cragg, Mann St Gosford, NSW

PHYSICAL DESCRIP-TION

Height-5’6½” Weight -138lbs. Chest 32-35

Complexion-Fair. Eyes-Blue. Hair-Dark.

RELIGION C/E

EMBARKED Sydney, 25 Nov 1916 per “Beltana”

DISEMBARKED Devonport 29 Jan 1917

NOTES AWOL Durrington, midnight 7 May 1917 -9.15pm 8 May 1917.

WOUNDED/ILLNESS

DIED 12 Oct 1917 Belgium

BURIED

MEDALS British War Medal-53975, Victory Medal-53175. Memorial Plaque & Scroll-336347

DEPENDANTS

PERSONAL EFFECTS Silver wrist watch (damaged) & strap, Purse, 7 coins Notebook.

WILL Yes

CORRESPONDENCE Wife.

GOSFORD TIMES 8.11.1917.

HONOR LIST … Private William Cragg, another Gosford soldier, was

killed in France on 12th October. Prior to enlisting

he was employed at the local railway refreshment

rooms, and subsequently commence business for

himself as a fruiterer and greengrocer. He enlisted

about twelve months ago and was sent straight to

France. He leaves a widow who up till a few months

ago resided in Gosford.

...


ROLL OF HONOR. CRAGG – In loving memory of my dear husband, Private William Cragg, who was killed in action October

12th, 1917. Inserted by his loving wife Lily Cragg.


Mrs Cragg, late of Gosford, has been officially advised that her husband, Private William Cragg, was killed

in action on 12th October. Mrs Cragg’s present address is 17 Swan St Hamilton.

Abridged record/s courtesy of the National Archives of Australia (NAA) Series No: B2455 Item Barcode: 3438452





















Documents

Cragg, William