CAMPBELL, Frederick Cole
| Service Number: | 5355 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Second Lieutenant |
| Last Unit: | 2nd/2nd Pioneer Battalion |
| Born: | Guildford, Victoria, Australia, 1889 |
| Home Town: | Not yet discovered |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
| Died: | Surrey Hills, Victoria, Australia, 21 September 1970, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Cheltenham Memorial Park, Victoria, Australia Plot 2B*GB2-L*N |
| Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
| 4 Apr 1916: | Involvement Private, 5355, 7th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '9' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Euripides embarkation_ship_number: A14 public_note: '' | |
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| 4 Apr 1916: | Embarked Private, 5355, 7th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Euripides, Melbourne | |
| 3 Aug 1916: | Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, Served in France | |
| 12 Feb 1917: | Promoted AIF WW1, Sergeant, 2nd/2nd Pioneer Battalion, Served in England | |
| 27 Dec 1918: | Honoured Mention in Dispatches, Mentioned in Despatches The following is a continuation of Sir Douglas Haig's Despatch of the 8th November 1918, submitting names deserving of special mention: No 5355 Sergeant F. C. Campbell The above has been promulgated in "Commonwealth of Australia Gazette," No 61, dated 23rd May 1919. | |
| 5 Apr 1919: | Honoured British Empire Medal, 1914-15 Star and Victory Medal | |
| 1 Aug 1919: | Promoted AIF WW1, Sergeant | |
| 2 Nov 1919: | Promoted AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Sandra Barry
Frederick was born in 1889, the son of Ronald Campbell and Hephzibah Selina Campbell nee Cole, who had married in 1881.
World War 1:
Diploma in connection with the Belgian Croix de Guerre awarded to you whilst serving with the Australian Imperial Force.
"I have much pleasure in forwarding hereunder copy of extract fourth supplement, No 31275, to the "London Gazette," dated 5th April 1919, relating to the conspicuous services rendered by the undermentioned member of the Australian Imperial Forces.
Decoration and Medal conferred by His Majesty The King of the Belgians
Croix De Guerre
No 5355 Sergeant Frederick Cole Campbell
The above has been promulgated in "Commonwealth of Australia" No 91, dated 23rd July 1919.
In 1926 Frederick married Marjorie Barton Clingan.