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CAMPBELL, Henry
| Service Number: | 11122 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 3rd Divisional Train |
| Born: | Port Broughton, South Australia, 1892 |
| Home Town: | Not yet discovered |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Clerk |
| Died: | 20 June 1983, cause of death not yet discovered, place of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Centennial Park Cemetery, South Australia Peace Court, Stone Shrub,Bed 5, Position 56 |
| Memorials: | Payneham District Council Roll of Honor, Port Broughton War Memorial |
World War 1 Service
| 9 Jun 1916: | Involvement Private, 11122, 3rd Divisional Train, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '21' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Afric embarkation_ship_number: A19 public_note: '' | |
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| 9 Jun 1916: | Involvement Private, 11122, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '21' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Afric embarkation_ship_number: A19 public_note: '' | |
| 9 Jun 1916: | Embarked Private, 11122, 3rd Divisional Train, HMAT Afric, Adelaide | |
| 9 Jun 1916: | Embarked Private, 11122, HMAT Afric, Adelaide | |
| 11 Nov 1918: | Involvement 11122 | |
| Date unknown: | Wounded 11122 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by tony griffin
Henry Campbell was the son of Edmund and Elizabeth Campbell of Port Broughton. He was born Port Broughton in 1892. A clerk, he was 23 years old when he enlisted on 23 August 1915. On 11 December 1915 he married Mary Katherine (Kit) Hill.
Henry was appointed to the Australian Army Service Corps and embarked from Outer Harbor aboard HMAT A19 “Afric” on 9 June 1916. He disembarked at Southampton on 14 July. On 25 November he proceeded overseas to France where he was allocated to 25 Australian Service Corps. Henry was taken on strength of HQ 3 Divisional Train on 12 March 1917.
The Train provided horse-drawn transport for the formation known as a Division. It usually comprised a small Train Headquarters, one Headquarters Company, three other Horse Transport Companies and a contingent of other troops, all of the Army Service Corps. When moving and laid out in officially-approved organisation, the Train would occupy 1755 yards of road (1605 metres).
Henry remained with his unit throughout the war and returned to Australia aboard HMAT A23 “Suffolk”, disembarking in Adelaide on 31 May 1919. He was discharged on 17 July 1919.