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Henry Alexander CAMPBELL

Regimental number367
Place of birthNewport, Isle of Wight, England
SchoolPerth High School, WA
Age on arrival in Australia12
ReligionRoman Catholic
OccupationAccountant
Marital statusMarried
Age at embarkation39
Next of kinColonel Campbell, Cameron Lodge Aberdeen Street, Perth, Western Australia
Previous military serviceServed as 2nd Master Sgt. South Africa, 2nd WA Mounted Infantry 1900/01
Enlistment date21 September 1914
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name16th Battalion, D Company
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/33/1
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A40 Ceramic on 22 December 1914
Rank from Nominal RollCorporal
Unit from Nominal Roll16th Battalion
Other details from Roll of Honour CircularHeld Commission as Lieutenant Northam Mounted Infantry
FateKilled in Action 19 November 1915
Place of death or woundingGallipoli, Turkey
Date of death19 November 1915
Age at death43
Age at death from cemetery records40
Place of burialAire Communal Cemetery (Row F, Grave No. 29), ANZAC, Gallipoli
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
78
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Joseph and Rosanna CAMPBELL,120 Aberdeen Street, Perth, Western Australia. Native of Newport, Isle of Wight, England
Other details

War service: Egypt, Gallipoli

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

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