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Douglas Gordon CAMPBELL

Place of birthMacquarie Street, Sydney, New South Wales
SchoolChurch of England Grammar School, North Sydney, New South Wales
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationGrazier
Address'Cambalang', Bomabala, New South Wales
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation27
Next of kinFather, Ronald Campbell, 'Cambalang', Bombala, New South Wales
Previous military service2nd Lieutenant Royal Australian Field Artillery (Militia 1906)
Enlistment date12 November 1914
Rank on enlistment2nd Lieutenant
Unit name1st Light Horse Regiment, 3rd Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number10/6/2
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A6 Clan Mccorquodale on 6 February 1915
Rank from Nominal RollCaptain
Unit from Nominal Roll2nd Division Artillery
FateKilled in Action 21 October 1917
Place of death or woundingPasschendaele, Ypres, Belgium
Age at death30
Place of burialBelgian Battery Corner Cemetery (Plot II, Row D, Grave No 28), Ypres, Belgium
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
13
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Ronald and Elizabeth CAMPBELL
Family/military connectionsFirst cousins: Major Trevor Russel CUNNINGHAM, 27th Battalion, killed in action 4 August 1916, France; and 359 Captain Andrew T CUNNINGHAM, returned to Australia 8 May 1919.

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