CAMPBELL, Richard
| Service Number: | 5504 |
|---|---|
| Enlisted: | 29 May 1916 |
| Last Rank: | Sapper |
| Last Unit: | 1st Tunnelling Company (inc. 4th Tunnelling Company) |
| Born: | Clifton, New South Wales, Australia, 4 August 1891 |
| Home Town: | Killingworth, Lake Macquarie Shire, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Miner |
| Died: | Belmont, New South Wales, Australia, 30 June 1952, aged 60 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Belmont Cemetery, NSW Roman Catholic Old - Row C. Plot 11. |
| Memorials: | Killingworth War Memorial |
World War 1 Service
| 29 May 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Sapper, 5504, Tunnelling Companies | |
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| 25 Oct 1916: | Involvement Sapper, 5504, Tunnelling Companies, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '6' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ulysses embarkation_ship_number: A38 public_note: '' | |
| 25 Oct 1916: | Embarked Sapper, 5504, Tunnelling Companies, HMAT Ulysses, Melbourne | |
| 6 Feb 1917: | Transferred AIF WW1, Sapper, 1st Tunnelling Company (inc. 4th Tunnelling Company), Taken on Strength from the Reinforcement Tunnelling Company | |
| 30 Mar 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Sapper, 5504, 1st Tunnelling Company (inc. 4th Tunnelling Company), Discharged to Second Military District |
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From Gary Mitchell
Served and suffered during The Great War, now resting at Belmont Cemetery, not forgotten.
Sapper Richard Campbell, 1st Australian Tunnelling Company (Reg No-5504), miner from Killingworth, New South Wales and 99 Parbury Road, South Swansea, N.S.W., was laid to rest at Belmont Cemetery on the Wednesday afternoon of the 2nd July 1952, age 60. Roman Catholic Old - Row C. Plot 11.
Born at Clifton, New South Wales on the 4th August 1891 to Thomas and Margaret Campbell; husband of Hannah E Campbell nee McWilliams (married 1912, Lambton, N.S.W., died 1921, Wallsend, N.S.W.) and Eva Marie Campbell nee? (married?, died 10.8.1988, age 83, sleeping here), Richard enlisted May 1916 with the Tunnelling Company Reinforcements at Waratah, N.S.W.
Admitted to hospital 4.5.1918 (influenza), 12.6.1918 (not stated), 6.8.1918 (not stated).
Invalided to England 9.8.1918.
Richard was invalided home February 1919, being discharged medically unfit on the 30th March 1919.
Mr. Campbell’s name has been inscribed on the Killingworth Soldiers' Memorial (photos, unveiled on the 1st July 1922, 88 names inscribed, 20 Fallen, refurbished 2018? -
There is no indication inscribed on Richard’s grave plaque of his service with the 1st A.I.F., so I have placed a 1914-1918 WAR label in remembrance of his sacrifice for God, King & Country.
Many thanks to Richard's Grandson Barry Copas for the photos and family history, and maybe able to provide more information regarding marriages, etc.
My Grandfather, Richard Campbell is resting at Belmont Cemetery. Sapper Richard Campbell (5504), 1st Australian Tunnelling Company, died 30th of June 1952, aged 60. He and his third wife are buried in the RC Section. I have confirmed that he was working at Hill 60 at Messines when the tunnels were detonated. (unfortunately, he wasn't mentioned in the movie!).
Lest We Forget.
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