Regimental number | 445 |
Place of birth | Toowoomba, Queensland |
Other Names | Colin Spencer |
Religion | Presbyterian |
Occupation | Railway employee |
Marital status | Single |
Age at embarkation | 20 |
Height | 5' 8.75" |
Weight | 164 lbs |
Next of kin | Father, Jack Campbell, Chief Warder, Hospital for Insane, Willowburn, Toowoomba, Queensland |
Previous military service | Served in the Cadets. |
Enlistment date | |
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll | |
Place of enlistment | Brisbane, Queensland |
Rank on enlistment | Private |
Unit name | 2nd Light Horse Field Ambulance |
Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Brisbane, Queensland, on board HMAT A30 Borda on |
Rank from Nominal Roll | Temporary Corporal |
Unit from Nominal Roll | 2nd Light Horse Field Ambulance |
Fate | Returned to Australia |
Discharge date | |
Family/military connections | Brothers: 446 Pte Cyril Emery CAMPBELL, 2nd Light Horse Field Ambulance, returned to Australia, 8 May 1916; 2350 Pte Stanley Gordon CAMPBELL, returned to Australia, 11 May 1919. |
Other details |
Embarked Alexandria to join the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, Gallipoli, 3 August 1915. Admitted to 2nd Light Horse Field Ambulance, 5 November 1915 (rheumatism and anaemia), and transferred to to Casualty Clearing Station; to Hospital Ship, 6 November 1915; to Malta, and admitted to Ricasoli Hospital, 12 November 1915; transferred to St Andrew's Convalescent Hospital, Ghain Tuffeha, 4 December 1915; disembarked Alexandria and rejoined unit, Maadi Camp, Egypt, 12 January 1916. Admitted to 2nd Light Horse Field Ambulance, 28 February 1916 (no further details recorded). Admitted to 2nd Light Horse Field Ambulance, 27 June 1916 (pains in side); discharged to duty, 5 July 1916. Found guilty, 18 July 1916, of being absent without leave, 14 July: awarded 21 days' Field Punishment No 2, and forfeited 1 day's pay. Admitted to Casualty Clearing Station, 14 September 1916; transferred to 31st General Hospital, Port Said, 18 September 1916; to No 2 Australian Stationary Hospital, 18 September 1916 (rheumatism); discharged to Base, Port Said, 28 September 1916. Admitted to 26th Casualty Clearing Station, Kantara, 12 October 1916; transferred to 31st General Hospital, Port Said, 14 October 1916 (inflamed ear: mild); to 14th Australian General Hospital, Abbassia, 21 October 1916; discharged to Base, Moascar, 3 November 1916; rejoined 2nd Light Horse Field Ambulance, Sheikh Zowaid, 28 February 1917. Reported missing in action (probably a prisoner), Bebah, 9 April 1917. Embarked Constantinople, 3 December 1918; disembarked Southampton from Turkey, 1 January 1919 (Red Cross File states Dover, 4 January 1919). Promoted Temporary Corporal, 21 May 1919. Married Margaret Lucy WALLACE, spinster, aged 28, Register Office, Lambeth, London, 9 September 1919. Commenced return to Australia with wife on board HT 'Zealandic', 27 March 1920; disembarked Sydney, 14 May 1920; discharged (medically unfit), Brisbane, 15 June 1920. Note, Red Cross File No 0680402K: 'Prisoner of War in Turkey[.] Cert. by A.I.F. Headquarters, 21 April 1917.' Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal |
Miscellaneous details | First given name incorrectly entered on Embarkation Roll as Spence. |
Sources | NAA: B2455, CAMPBELL Spencer Colin
Red Cross File No 0680402K |