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William Ogliston CRAIB

Regimental number252
Place of birthAberdeen, Scotland
SchoolHanover Street Public School, Aberdeen, Scotland
ReligionPresbyterian
OccupationLabourer
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation27
Next of kinMother, Mrs Craib, 59 Virginia Street, Aberdeen Scotland
Previous military serviceAberdeen Volunteer Field Artillery
Enlistment date22 April 1915
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name26th Battalion, A Company
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/43/1
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Brisbane, Queensland, on board HMAT A11 Ascanius on 24 May 1915
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll26th Battalion
FateDied of wounds 6 August 1916
Place of death or woundingSomme, France
Age at death28
Age at death from cemetery records28
Place of burialPuchevillers British Cemetery (Plot II, Row D, Grave No. 14), France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
107
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: George and Mary CRAIB, 59 Virginia Street, Aberdeen

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