CRIGHTON, John Wyllie
| Service Number: | 402 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 4th Victorian Imperial Bushman |
| Born: | Dromana, Victoria, Australia, 3 November 1876 |
| Home Town: | Warragul, Baw Baw, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Bushman |
| Died: | Enteric Fever, Mafeking General Hospital, Mafeking, Cape Colony, South Africa, 18 September 1900, aged 23 years |
| Cemetery: |
Mafeking Cemetery, North-West, South Africa |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Bairnsdale Boer War Memorial, Warragul Boer War Memorial |
Boer War Service
| 1 Oct 1899: | Involvement Private, 402 | |
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| 1 Oct 1899: | Involvement Private, 402 | |
| 1 May 1900: | Embarked Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 402, 4th Victorian Imperial Bushman, Departed Port Melbourne of the "Victorian". Disembarked at Beira in Portuguese Mozambique. Entrained for Rhodesia. | |
| 23 May 1900: | Involvement Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 402, 4th Victorian Imperial Bushman, Relief of Mafeking | |
| 18 Sep 1900: | Discharged Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 402, 4th Victorian Imperial Bushman, D.O.D. in Mafeking Hospital. |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Maurice Kissane
John Wylie Crighton was born in Dromana in Victoria on 3rd November 1876. His birth was registered early in 1877. He was the son of Hugh and Ellen Crighton. Wylie was his father's middle name. John enlisted shortly after the Victorian Imperial Bushmen Roll were open in 1900.
He was part of the Mafeking Relief Force. John was Lt Nicholl's Orderly before being appointed Colonel Kelly's Orderly.
He fell victim to Enteric Fever and died in Mafeking Hospital. His final message was "Tell mother I am not affraid to die". John was buried in Mafeking Cemetery.
His Boer War Service Medal Entitlement was the QSA with three clasps: CC/TVL/RHOD. Lest We Forget.
Reference:
"That Ragged Mob" 2009 First Edition Bio page 559.
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