Regimental number | 6476 |
Place of birth | Footscray, Victoria |
School | 253 State School, Footscray, Victoria |
Religion | Presbyterian |
Occupation | Joiner |
Address | 6 Robert Street, Footscray, Victoria |
Marital status | Single |
Age at embarkation | 21 |
Next of kin | Father, Mr J Campbell, 6 Robert Street, Footscray, Victoria |
Previous military service | Served in the Citizen Military |
Enlistment date | |
Rank on enlistment | Private |
Unit name | 5th Battalion, 21st Reinforcement |
AWM Embarkation Roll number | 23/22/3 |
Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A71 Nestor on |
Rank from Nominal Roll | Private |
Unit from Nominal Roll | 5th Battalion |
Recommendations (Medals and Awards) |
Military Medal Conspicuous devotion to duty and valuable services as stretcher-beareer. (East of Ypres 20-21 September 1917). Recommendation date: |
Fate | Killed in Action |
Place of death or wounding | Broodseinde, Passchendaele, Belgium |
Age at death | 23 |
Age at death from cemetery records | 23 |
Place of burial | Aeroplane Cemetery (Plot III, Row C, Grave No. 41), Ypres, Belgium |
Panel number, Roll of Honour, Australian War Memorial | 43 |
Miscellaneous information from cemetery records | Parents: John and Maria Campbell, 6 Robert Street, Footscray, Victoria |
Medals |
Military Medal 'During the operations East of YPRES East of YPRES 20th/21st September 1917 Private CAMPBELL volunteered for Stretcher work at a time when severe casualties were being sustained. he went back to the rear with as many as 23 cases and spared himself in no way in his endeavours to render assistance to his wounded comrades. The value of this work cannot be overestimated.'
Source: 'Commonwealth Gazette' No. 31 Date: |
Family/military connections | Brothers: 175 Pte Hugh CAMPBELL, 14th Bn, killed in action, 12 August 1916; 2189 Pte Duncan William Allan CAMPBELL, 37th Bn, returned to Australia, 19 October 1917. |
Other details |
War service: Western Front Medals: Military Medal, British War Medal, Victory Medal |