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CAMPBELL, Robert William
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 4451 |
|---|---|
| Enlisted: | 2 August 1915, Pyramid Hill, Victoria |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 57th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Rodney, Victoria, Australia, 2 August 1893 |
| Home Town: | Knowsley, Greater Bendigo, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Knowsley East School & Bendigo Continuation School |
| Occupation: | State School Teacher |
| Died: | Killed in Action, France, 23 November 1916, aged 23 years |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Bendigo Great War Roll of Honor, Mologa War Memorial, Pyramid Hill Central Mologa School Roll of Honour, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France) |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 2 Aug 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 4451, 7th Infantry Battalion, Pyramid Hill, Victoria | |
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| 28 Jan 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 4451, 7th Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1 | |
| 28 Jan 1916: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 4451, 7th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Themistocles, Melbourne | |
| 23 Nov 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 4451, 57th Infantry Battalion, 'The Winter Offensive' - Flers/Gueudecourt winter of 1916/17 |
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"..4451 Private Robert William Campbell, 7th (later 57th) Battalion, of Knowsley, Victoria. A school teacher prior to enlisting, he embarked from Melbourne aboard HMAT Themistocles (A32) on 28 January 1916. On 23 November 1916, he was killed in action in the Needle Trench near Gueudecourt, France, aged 23. He has no known grave and is remembered with honour on the Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, France." - SOURCE (www.awm.gov.au)
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