CAMPBELL, Eric Courtney
| Service Number: | 66188 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 57th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Monaro, New South Wales, Australia, 16 April 1899 |
| Home Town: | Bega, Bega Valley, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Dairyman |
| Died: | Pneumonia, Military Hospital, Edinburgh Castle, Edinburgh, Scotland , 6 February 1919, aged 19 years |
| Cemetery: |
Edinburgh (Comely Bank) Cemetery, Scotland |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 5 Oct 1918: | Involvement Private, 66188, 16th to 27th Reinforcements (NSW), --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '20' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: SS Zealandic embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: '' | |
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| 5 Oct 1918: | Embarked Private, 66188, 16th to 27th Reinforcements (NSW), SS Zealandic, Melbourne | |
| 6 Feb 1919: | Involvement Private, 66188, 57th Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 66188 awm_unit: 57 Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1919-02-06 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Cathy Sedgwick
The summary below was completed by Cathy Sedgwick (OAM) – Facebook “WW1 Australian War Graves in England/UK/Scotland/Ireland”
Died on this date – 6th February … Eric Courtney Campbell was born on 16th April, 1899 to parents John & Wilhelmina Campbell (nee Williams) at Monaro, New South Wales.
He enlisted in the Australian Imperial Force (A.I.F.) on 26th June, 1918 as a 19 year old, single, Dairyman from Bega, NSW.
Private Eric Courtney Campbell, Service number 66188, embarked from Melbourne, Victoria on SS Zealandic on 5th October, 1918 with the 20th (N.S.W.) Reinforcements of the Australian Imperial Force (A.I.F.). He was admitted to Ship’s Hospital while at Sea on 20th November, 1918 & discharged on 22nd November, 1918. Private Campbell disembarked at London, England on 5th December, 1918.
Reinforcements were only given basic training in Australia. Training was completed in training units in England. Some of these were located in the Salisbury Plain & surrounding areas in the county of Wiltshire.
On 5th December, 1918 Private Campbell was marched in to 14th Training Battalion at Hurdcott, Wiltshire from Australia. He was allotted to Reinforcements of 57th Battalion.
He was sent sick to Group Clearing Hospital on 7th December, 1918 and marched in to 14th Training Battalion from Hospital on 9th January, 1919. (A letter to The Head Officer, sent in February, 1919, from Private Campbell’s mother who had received a letter from her son from Hurdcott Hospital written on the 10th December, saying he was just recovering from Mumps.)
On 22nd January, 1919 Private Campbell was admitted to Military Hospital, Edinburgh Castle, Edinburgh, Scotland with Influenza. He was reported as dangerously & seriously ill with Pneumonia on 29th January, 1919.
Private Eric Courtney Campbell died at 12.50 am on 6th February, 1919 at Military Hospital, Edinburgh Castle, Edinburgh, Scotland from Pneumonia.
He was buried in Comely Bank Cemetery, Edinburgh, Scotland.
(The above is a summary of my research. The full research can be found by following the link below)
https://ww1austburialsuk.weebly.com/comely-bank.html
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