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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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