Regimental number | 1658 |
Place of birth | Arbroath Scotland |
Religion | Protestant |
Occupation | Engineer |
Address | Greensborough, Victoria |
Marital status | Single |
Age at embarkation | 29 |
Next of kin | Father, D Campbell, Greensborough, Melbourne, Victoria |
Enlistment date | |
Rank on enlistment | Private |
Unit name | 6th Battalion, 3rd Reinforcement |
AWM Embarkation Roll number | 23/23/2 |
Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A54 Runic on |
Rank from Nominal Roll | Private |
Unit from Nominal Roll | 6th Battalion |
Recommendations (Medals and Awards) |
Military Medal For gallantry and devotion to duty at a post near Merris on the night 4-5 June 1918. Recommendation date: Military Medal Work at Lihons on 10 August 1918. Recommendation date: |
Fate | Returned to Australia |
Medals |
Military Medal 'For gallantry and devotion to duty near MERRIS on the night 4th/6th June, 1918. When the enemy put down an intense barrage during a relief in rear of a newly captured position Lance-Corporal CAMPBELL set out to mend telephone lines and continued to mend successive breaks for five hours. It was mainly due to his gallantry and devotion that telephonic communication was even temporarily available.' Second description reads: 'For conspicuous gallantry on the 10th day of August 1918 at LIHONS. This Linesman laid telephone lines forward over exceptionally flat and open country under extremely heavy Machine Gun and rifle fire. He made repeated trips out into the open repairing broken wires, and when the attacking troops pushed forward, accompanied them and succeeded in laying lines and maintaining communication between forward Companies and Battalion Headquarters. He showed courage of a very high order.'
Source: 'Commonwealth Gazette' No. 23 Date: MM Bar Source: 'Commonwealth Gazette' No. 119 Date: |