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Samuel Cleland CAMPBELL

Regimental number61590
Place of birthBallarat, Victoria
SchoolGold Street State School, Clifton Hill, Victoria
ReligionPresbyterian
OccupationClerk
Addressc/o Mrs C. Hooper, 127 Westgarth Street, Northcote South, Victoria
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation26
Height5' 5"
Next of kinSister, Miss E. Campbell, c/o Mrs C Hooper, 127 Westgarth Street, Northcote South, Victoria
Previous military serviceNil (previously rejected for military service due to appendix scar)
Enlistment date14 May 1918
Place of enlistmentMelbourne, Victoria
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name12th General (Victorian) Reinforcements
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/111/3
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A37 Barambah on 31 August 1918
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll12th General Service Reinforcements
Other details from Roll of Honour CircularVery active in sporting circles. Prominent amongst Junior and Senior football and wicketkeeper to Fitzroy's First XI and promise of becoming one of the best. (Elsie Campbell, Sister)
FateDied of disease 21 October 1918
Place of death or woundingSierra Leone
Age at death25
Age at death from cemetery records26
Place of burialFreetown (King Tom) Cemetery (Row I, Grave No. 90),
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
185
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: John and Johann CAMPBELL. Born at Ballarat, Victoria
Other details

Embarked Melebourne, 31 August 1918.

Admitted to Ship's Hospital, 11 October 1918 (influenza); discharged, 20 October 1918, and disembarked Sierra Leone, the same day.

Died, Tower Hill Military Hospital, Sierra Leone, 21 October 1918 (pneumonia, and influenza).

Medal: British War Medal.
SourcesNAA: B2455, CAMPBELL Samuel Cleland

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