Corporal James Burnett Craig
- Rank
- Corporal
- Service number
- 4780
- Unit
- 48 Battalion
- Cause of death
- Died of Wounds
- Place of death
- Pozieres, France
- Date of death
- 17 November 1916
- Age
- 47
- Plaque number
- M656A
- Co-located plaques
- M656 - PTE William Wilson
- Dedicated by
- Family on 21 May 2011
- More information
Biography presented during plaque dedication:
Corporal James Burnett Craig of 48 Battalion was born in Perth Scotland in December 1868. He was one of four brothers and two sisters to parents David and Anna Mary and they lived in Perth, Scotland.
James attended school in Edinburgh at George Watson’s and after leaving was apprenticed to Hawthorn and Company at Leith, Edinburgh.
He came to Western Australia in the 1890's and worked at the gold mines in Kalgoorlie and was a mine manager.
He married Hilda Thornton in May 1909 and they had three children. They lived at Hare Street, Kalgoorlie.
He enlisted at Kalgoorlie in December 1915 and put down his age so that he would not be rejected.
He began training at Blackboy Hill Military Camp and was assigned to 15 reinforcement of 16 Battalion and in April 1916 embarked on HMAT Ulysses for Alexandria.
After further training in Egypt the Battalion left for Marseilles arriving there in June 1916.
In France, he was assigned to 48 Battalion and promoted to Corporal.
Corporal James Burnett Craig, service number 4780 of 48 Battalion, died of wounds received at Pozieres on 17 November 1916. He was 47 years of age.