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CAMPBELL, Alexander
Personal Details
Service Number: | 387 |
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Enlisted: | 19 November 1915, Newcastle |
Last Rank: | Company Quartermaster Sergeant |
Last Unit: | 35th Infantry Battalion |
Born: | Galashiels, Selkirkshire, Scotland, 8 October 1873 |
Home Town: | Stockton, Newcastle, New South Wales |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Seaman's Union Agent |
Died: | Natural causes, Randwick, New South Wales, Australia, 22 December 1943, aged 70 years |
Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
Memorials: | Stockton Soldiers Memorial |
Service History
World War 1 Service
19 Nov 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 387, 35th Infantry Battalion, Newcastle | |
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29 Apr 1916: | Promoted AIF WW1, Company Quartermaster Sergeant, 35th Infantry Battalion | |
1 May 1916: | Involvement 387, 35th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '17' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Benalla embarkation_ship_number: A24 public_note: '' | |
1 May 1916: | Embarked 387, 35th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Benalla, Sydney | |
1 Mar 1918: | Honoured Distinguished Conduct Medal, 1st Passchendaele, For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty in taking up rations, with the help of a Private, to the men of his battalion on the night of the 12/13th October 1917 near Passchendaele - every man in his battalion received his rations. | |
4 Apr 1918: | Wounded AIF WW1, Company Quartermaster Sergeant, 387, 35th Infantry Battalion, Villers-Bretonneux, GSW chest | |
25 Mar 1919: | Embarked AIF WW1, Company Quartermaster Sergeant, 387, 35th Infantry Battalion, HT Port Denison, England for return to Australia - disembarking Sydney 13 May 1919. | |
27 Jun 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Company Quartermaster Sergeant, 387, 35th Infantry Battalion |
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