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Final rank:

Lieutenant Colonel

First name/s

George

Last name

CRAIG

Service number and Regiment/Unit/Corps

861 (South African War)
3rd New Zealand Contingent (Surgeon Captain)

12/360 (WWI)
New Zealand Medical Corps, 1st Field Ambulance

Also known as

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Date of birth

10/02/1868

Birth Entry ID: 1056455
Birth Index ID: 2819686

Place of birth

Edinburgh, Scotland

Date of death

17/06/1947

Place of death

Auckland, New Zealand

Death registration number

NZ1947/20060

Headstone/grave location

Cremated at Waikumete Cemetery & Crematorium

Next of kin

James Craig (father)
Euphemia Craig (mother)
Hilda Johnstone Gudgeon (wife) married 1902. Hilda was the daughter of Lieutenant Colonel Walter Edward Gudgeon who in August 1898 was appointed British Resident in the Cook Islands prior to annexation.

Additional information

Educated at George Watson's College, Edinburgh, and Edinburgh University, graduating as Bachelor of Medicine and Master of Surgery in 1890

https://www.aucklandmuseum.com/war-memorial/online-cenotaph/record/C36242:
"March 1897 he and brother William worked as surgeons on a ship in the Pacific Islands and then became medical officers in the Cook Islands. George was elected to the Cook Islands parliament in 1898 as member for Atiu and Mitiaro, Cook Islands."

Awards:
Companion of the Distinguished Service Order (DSO)
DSO: London Gazette, 1 January 1919. Citation: "For distinguished service in connection with military operations in France and Flanders."

Queen's South Africa Medal (Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Johannesburg, Diamond Hill clasps)

1914-1915 Star
British War Medal (1914-1920)
Victory Medal with oak leaf
New Zealand Long and Efficient Service Medal
Mentioned in Despatches (MiD) Twice
London Gazette 5 August 1915, p7669 | London Gazette 31 December 1918, p15231

Images and documents (click on images to enlarge)

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