John Herbert Craven

Service number: 8374

Rank: Private

Unit: 4th Australian Divisional Train

Service: Australian Army

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Source: National Archives of Australia

John Herbert Craven was born in Manly where he lived with his mother Mary Ellen Craven at 7 Parkview Road. John was a Carpenter by trade. At enlistment on 17th September 1915 hewas 18 years and 11 months. He embarked from Sydney on the H.M.A.T. Persic on 18th November 1915. John was appointed Driver on 1st March 1916.

On 10th August 1916 he was hospitalized in France and then again on 27th June 1917 for gastroenteritis. John returned to Australia on the Beltana on 20th July 1919 and was discharged on 21st September 1919. His brother Norman Thomas John also served and returned to Australia.