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Bruce Wilkins CAMPBELL

Regimental number4747
Place of birthRollands Plains, New South Wales
SchoolSuperior Public School, Tweed Heads, New South Wales; Tweed Heads Public School, New South Wales
ReligionPresbyterian
OccupationFarmer
AddressPort Macquarie, New South Wales
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation19
Next of kinMother, Mrs Rebecca Campbell, Rocklands, Tweed Heads, New South Wales
Previous military serviceNil
Enlistment date3 November 1915
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name9th Battalion, 15th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/26/4
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Brisbane, Queensland, on board HMAT A73 Commonwealth on 28 March 1916
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll9th Battalion
FateDied of wounds 18 June 1917
Place of death or woundingFrance
Age at death21
Age at death from cemetery records21
Place of burialBrookwood Military Cemetery (Plot XI, Row C, Grave No. 16), Surrey, England, England
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
55
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: William and Rebecca CAMPBELL, 'Rocklands', Tweed Heads, New South Wales
Family/military connectionsBrothers: 4749 Pte Sidney Frederick CAMPBELL, 9th Bn, returned to Australia, 19 October 1917; 4748 Pte Henry John CAMPBELL, 49th Bn, returned to Australia, 14 April 1919; Cousin: 14478 Pte Charles Douglas CAMPBELL, 14th Field Ambulance, died of wounds, 23 September 1917; Cousin: Lt R.S.F. Campbell DCM
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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