CAMPBELL, Richard Henry Blunden
| Service Number: | 6765 |
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| Enlisted: | 23 February 1917, Brisbane, Qld. |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 25th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Bathurst, NSW, 1878 |
| Home Town: | Burwood, Burwood, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Mudgee Grammar School |
| Occupation: | Newspaper Proprietor |
| Died: | Killed in Action, France, 17 July 1918 |
| Cemetery: |
Adelaide Cemetery Villers-Bretonneux, France I D 17 |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Baulkham Hills William Thompson Masonic School War Memorial, Sydney United Grand Lodge Honour Roll |
World War 1 Service
| 23 Feb 1917: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 6765, 25th Infantry Battalion, Brisbane, Qld. | |
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| 14 Jun 1917: | Involvement Private, 6765, 25th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '15' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Hororata embarkation_ship_number: A20 public_note: '' | |
| 14 Jun 1917: | Embarked Private, 6765, 25th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Hororata, Sydney |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
Son of Donald McDonald Campbell, and Elizabeth Campbell, of "Ellareay," Sunbeam Avenue, Burwood, New South Wales.
GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THIS HE LAID DOWN HIS LIFE FOR US
Proprietor of the Alstonville and Rous Record
Member of the Alstonville 259 Lodge
Yesterday the sad news was received in Alstonville that Pte. R.H. B. Campbell, at one time proprietor of the Alstonville and Rous "Record," was killed in action in France on July 17. Pte. Campbell was a prominent resident of Alstonville and occupied the position of Lieutenant in charge of the infantry for some time. He was also one of the instructors at the Enoggera camp, Queensland, and did special duty in connection with the exemption court. He was a student at the Duntroon Military College. At Alstonville he was very popular.
News has been received at Alstonville of the death at the front on July 7, of Private R. H. B. Campbell, late proprietor ot the "Alstonville Record." He was a prominent Freemason, and was churchwarden of the Anglican Church. His mother and sister reside at Burwood.
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