Regimental number | 3042 |
Place of birth | St Kilda, Victoria |
School | State School, Brighton Road, St Kilda, Victoria |
Religion | Presbyterian |
Occupation | Cook |
Marital status | Single |
Age at embarkation | 18 |
Height | 5' 6.75" |
Weight | 140 lbs |
Next of kin | Mother, Mrs J M Campbell, 12 Bath Street, St Kilda, Melbourne, Victoria |
Previous military service | Served for 4 years as a Cadet, Area 50 (Compulsory Military Training scheme). |
Enlistment date | |
Place of enlistment | Melbourne, Victoria |
Rank on enlistment | Private |
Unit name | 21st Battalion, 7th Reinforcement |
AWM Embarkation Roll number | 23/38/2 |
Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A18 Wiltshire on |
Rank from Nominal Roll | Private |
Unit from Nominal Roll | 59th Battalion |
Fate | Killed in Action |
Place of death or wounding | Somme Sector, France |
Age at death | 19.2 |
Age at death from cemetery records | 19 |
Place of burial | No known grave |
Commemoration details | V.C. Corner (Panel No 16), Australian Cemetery Memorial, Fromelles, France |
Panel number, Roll of Honour, Australian War Memorial | 167 |
Miscellaneous information from cemetery records | Son of Mary Josephine CAMPBELL, 37 Waterloo Street, St. Kilda, Victoria |
Other details |
War service: Egypt, Western Front Taken on strength of 60th Bn, Tel el Kebir, 26 February 1916. Transferred to 59th Bn, 15 March 1916; taken on strength of 59th Bn, Tel el Kebir, 15 March 1916. Admitted to No 8 Field Ambulance, Ferry Post, 28 April 1916 (dyspepsia); discharged and rejoined 59th Bn, Duntroon Plateau, 30 April 1916. Embarked Alexandria to join the British Expeditionary Force, 18 June 1916; disembarked Marseilles, France, 29 June 1916. Posted missing, 19 July 1916 Court of Enquiry, held in the field, pronounced fate as 'Killed in Action, 19 July 1916'. Note on B.103, 'presume buried in No Man's Land approx at 5J9042 to 5K0251 Hazebrouck 5a'. Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal |
Sources | NAA: B2455, CAMPBELL Arthur
Red Cross file 680304 |