Roy MacKenzie CRAIG

Regimental number2266
Place of birthSouth Brisbane Queensland
SchoolState School, Technical College, Brisbane, Queensland
ReligionPresbyterian
OccupationClerk
AddressMarkwell Street, Bowen Hills, Brisbane, Queensland
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation23
Next of kinW H Craig, Markwell Street, Bowen Hills, Brisbane, Queensland
Previous military serviceVolunteer, Artillery, Brisbane.
Enlistment date20 August 1914
Rank on enlistmentBombardier
Unit nameField Artillery Brigade 3, Military District 1
AWM Embarkation Roll number13/31/1
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Brisbane, Queensland, on board Transport A22 Rangatira on 25 September 1914
Rank from Nominal RollDriver
Unit from Nominal Roll3rd Field Artillery Brigade
Other details from Roll of Honour CircularWounded Gallipoli; died on Hospital Ship Sicieca.
FateDied of wounds 21 July 1915
Place of death or woundingGallipoli, Turkey
Age at death23.11
Place of burialAt Sea
Commemoration detailsThe Lone Pine Memorial (Panel 11), Gallipoli, Turkey

The Lone Pine Memorial, situated in the Lone Pine Cemetery at Anzac, is the main Australian Memorial on Gallipoli, and one of four memorials to men of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force. Designed by Sir John Burnet, the principal architect of the Gallipoli cemeteries, it is a thick tapering pylon 14.3 metres high on a square base 12.98 metres wide. It is constructed from limestone mined at Ilgardere in Turkey.

The Memorial commemorates the 3268 Australians and 456 New Zealanders who have no known grave and the 960 Australians and 252 New Zealanders who were buried at sea after evacuation through wounds or disease. The names of New Zealanders commemorated are inscribed on stone panels mounted on the south and north sides of the pylon, while those of the Australians are listed on a long wall of panels in front of the pylon and to either side. Names are arranged by unit and rank.

The Memorial stands over the centre of the Turkish trenches and tunnels which were the scene of heavy fighting during the August offensive. Most cemeteries on Gallipoli contain relatively few marked graves, and the majority of Australians killed on Gallipoli are commemorated here.

Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
12
Other details

War service: Egypt, Gallipoli

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal