Donald CAMPBELL

CAMPBELL, Donald

Service Number: 4163
Enlisted: Not yet discovered
Last Rank: Private
Last Unit: 2nd Infantry Battalion
Born: Craignish, West Argyllshire, Scotland, United Kingdom, date not yet discovered
Home Town: Armidale, Armidale Dumaresq, New South Wales
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Not yet discovered
Died: Died of wounds, France, 29 April 1916, age not yet discovered
Cemetery: Merville Communal Cemetery, France
Grave reference: VI. Q. 25., Merville Communal Cemetery, Merville, Dunkirk, Nord Pas de Calais, France
Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour
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World War 1 Service

30 Dec 1915: Involvement Private, 4163, 3rd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Aeneas embarkation_ship_number: A60 public_note: ''
30 Dec 1915: Embarked Private, 4163, 3rd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Aeneas, Sydney
29 Apr 1916: Involvement Private, 4163, 2nd Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 4163 awm_unit: 2 Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1916-04-29

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Biography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon

He was 29 and the son of John and Margaret Campbell, of West Baravallin, Barbreck, Lochgilphead, Scotland.

He is remembered on the Ardfern War Memorial which stands in front of Craignish Parish Church on the south side of the village. by the side of the B8002 which branches off the main A816 Oban-Lochgilphead Road, on the west coast of Argyll.The kirk was built in the 1730s. Craignish Old Parish Church is also known as Kilmory Chapel,