Alexander CAMPBELL DCM

CAMPBELL, Alexander

Service Number: 387
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
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World War 1 Service

19 Nov 1915: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 387, 35th Infantry Battalion, Newcastle
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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