Regimental number | 61590 |
Place of birth | Ballarat, Victoria |
School | Gold Street State School, Clifton Hill, Victoria |
Religion | Presbyterian |
Occupation | Clerk |
Address | c/o Mrs C. Hooper, 127 Westgarth Street, Northcote South, Victoria |
Marital status | Single |
Age at embarkation | 26 |
Height | 5' 5" |
Next of kin | Sister, Miss E. Campbell, c/o Mrs C Hooper, 127 Westgarth Street, Northcote South, Victoria |
Previous military service | Nil (previously rejected for military service due to appendix scar) |
Enlistment date | |
Place of enlistment | Melbourne, Victoria |
Rank on enlistment | Private |
Unit name | 12th General (Victorian) Reinforcements |
AWM Embarkation Roll number | 23/111/3 |
Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A37 Barambah on |
Rank from Nominal Roll | Private |
Unit from Nominal Roll | 12th General Service Reinforcements |
Other details from Roll of Honour Circular | Very active in sporting circles. Prominent amongst Junior and Senior football and wicketkeeper to Fitzroy's First XI and promise of becoming one of the best. (Elsie Campbell, Sister) |
Fate | Died of disease |
Place of death or wounding | Sierra Leone |
Age at death | 25 |
Age at death from cemetery records | 26 |
Place of burial | Freetown (King Tom) Cemetery (Row I, Grave No. 90), |
Panel number, Roll of Honour, Australian War Memorial | 185 |
Miscellaneous information from cemetery records | Parents: John and Johann CAMPBELL. Born at Ballarat, Victoria |
Other details |
Embarked Melebourne, 31 August 1918. Admitted to Ship's Hospital, 11 October 1918 (influenza); discharged, 20 October 1918, and disembarked Sierra Leone, the same day. Died, Tower Hill Military Hospital, Sierra Leone, 21 October 1918 (pneumonia, and influenza). Medal: British War Medal. |
Sources | NAA: B2455, CAMPBELL Samuel Cleland |