CAMPBELL, Henry Hodson
| Service Number: | 3058 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Sergeant |
| Last Unit: | 8th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Not yet discovered |
| Home Town: | Bacchus Marsh, Moorabool, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
| Died: | Killed in Action, France, 28 July 1916, age not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Hawthorn Postmaster General's Department Victoria 1, Postmaster General's Department Victoria 2, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France) |
World War 1 Service
| 26 Nov 1915: | Involvement Private, 3058, 24th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '14' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Commonwealth embarkation_ship_number: A73 public_note: '' | |
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| 26 Nov 1915: | Embarked Private, 3058, 24th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Commonwealth, Melbourne | |
| 28 Jul 1916: | Involvement Sergeant, 3058, 8th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 3058 awm_unit: 8 Battalion awm_rank: Sergeant awm_died_date: 1916-07-28 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Andreena Hockley
Sgt.-Major Henry H. Campbell, formerly junior teacher at Ballan and at South Melbourne, was killed in action in France on the 24th of July, 1916. He was born in 1893. At the time of his enlistment, he had left the teaching service and was a member of the staff of the automatic telephone exchange at Middle Brighton. As a teacher, he was active and bright, and showed good promise.
He was the second son of Mr. and Mrs. H. G. Campbell, of Grant-street, Bacchus Marsh. After winning a scholarship at the Bacchus Marsh School, he attended the Melbourne High School and was appointed junior teacher at the Dorcas-street School in South Melbourne. He soon joined the telephone service of the Commonwealth Postal Department, and became a thoroughly efficient officer.
Prior to enlistment in the Expeditionary Force, he had been a member of the Victorian Scottish Regiment. His promotion in camp was rapid; in three weeks, he was made a Sergeant-Major. He sailed for Egypt, and saw service against the Turks in the desert. Being transferred to the 2nd Australian Brigade, he landed in France on the 2nd of April. During his sojourn in Flanders, he found that his previous study of French stood him in good stead.
On the 24th of July, his company went into action in the memorable attack on Pozières, and Sergeant Campbell fell whilst leading his platoon in the forefront of the battle. A piece of shrapnel had struck him over the heart. and death had been instantaneous.
Source: The Education Department's Record of War Service, Victoria, 1914-1919.
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