CAMPBELL, Victor Isaac
| Service Numbers: | 2639, 2639A |
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| Enlisted: | 17 August 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 9th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Breakfast Creek, Nundah District, 6 August 1897 |
| Home Town: | Breakfast Creek, Brisbane, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Breakfast Creek State School |
| Occupation: | Coach Builder |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Pozieres, France, 22 August 1916, aged 19 years |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Unmarked grave., Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France, Etaples Military Cemetery, Etaples, Nord Pas de Calais, France |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France) |
World War 1 Service
| 17 Aug 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1 | |
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| 21 Oct 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 2639, 25th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '15' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Seang Bee embarkation_ship_number: A48 public_note: '' | |
| 21 Oct 1915: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 2639, 25th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Seang Bee, Brisbane | |
| 22 Aug 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 2639A, 9th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 2639A awm_unit: 9th Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1916-08-22 |
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Born to Irish mother Zana Belle and and Scottish father Issac Campbell, Victor was the youngest son out of his eight other siblings.
Victor was unmarried when he went to enlist, and is believed to have put up his age, indicating his eagreness and determination to join the Australian Army.
Victor was not unlike many young men in his position who desireda chance to see the world, and he was not one to allow an opportunity pass him by. He would be sent to France, a whole new world to the boy from Breakfast Creek.
Killed in action after having been in the army for just little over a year, it could be said that Victor achieved his desire. Though his life was cut off tragically short in the brutality of war, he was able to experience new places never before available to him, all the while serving his country.
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