Colin Alexander CAMPBELL

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CAMPBELL, Colin Alexander

Service Number:	2609
Enlisted:	28 August 1915, Brisbane, Qld.
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	25th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Maryborough, Queensland, Australia, 1889
Home Town:	Cordalba, Bundaberg, Queensland
Schooling:	Cordabla State School
Occupation:	Driller
Died:	Illness (Pneumonia), At sea (HMAT Seang Bee), At sea (HMAT Seang Bee A48), 18 November 1915
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God"
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Chatby Memorial, Alexandria, Egypt, Childers Isis District Roll of Honour, Childers Isis North State School Great War Honour Board, Childers Memorial Hall (Isis District Pictorial War Memorial), Cordalba War Memorial

World War 1 Service

28 Aug 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2609, 25th Infantry Battalion, Brisbane, Qld.
21 Oct 1915:	Involvement Private, 2609, 25th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '15' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Seang Bee embarkation_ship_number: A48 public_note: ''
21 Oct 1915:	Embarked Private, 2609, 25th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Seang Bee, Brisbane

Colin Alexander Campbell

Colin was the third of eight children of Colin Campbell (born 1855 in Scotland) and Catherine Wilson (born 1861 in Ireland). Colin Snr and Catherine married in 1886 in Maryborough, QLD and lived in Maryborough and Bundaberg before settling in Cordalba, Childers QLD where Colin Snr worked as Overseer at Knockroe Plantation.
Colin worked as a Blacksmith in Richmond QLD before enlisting in August 1915 with the AIF. He was a Private (Service No: 2609) with 6th Reinforcements 26th Battalion when he died on board the Seang Bee in November 1915

Biography contributed by Carol Foster

Son of Colin and Catherine Campbell of Cordalba, Isis Line, Queensland

Medals: British War Medal

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