CAMPBELL, Thomas
| Service Number: | 3555 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 26th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Athlone County, Westmeath, Ireland, 1878 |
| Home Town: | Not yet discovered |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
| 3 Jan 1916: | Involvement Private, 3555, 26th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '15' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Kyarra embarkation_ship_number: A55 public_note: '' | |
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| 3 Jan 1916: | Embarked Private, 3555, 26th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Kyarra, Brisbane |
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Thomas Campbell was born in 1878 in Athlone County Westmeath, Ireland. He has one brother named James Campbell who lived on 21 Connaught Street in Athlone, Ireland. As an adult, Thomas moved to Australia and lived on Roma Street in Brisbane, Queensland. He worked as a labourer before going into war and had no previous military service. He enlisted in 1915 when he was 38 years old. On enlistment, he had blue eyes, fair skin, dark hair and scars on his right cheek. He weighed 70kg and was 173cm tall[1].
Thomas embarked from Australia on-board the HMAT A55 Kyarra from Brisbane in 1916[2]. He arrived at Alexandria, Egypt then left a couple days later. On the 11th of December of that year he was admitted to the 51st General Hospital in Etaples. He was discharged to duty on the 1st of January 1917 re-joining the unit and heading to Havre, France on 22 June 1917. On the 7th of August he went onto leave to England. He was then posted as absent without leave from France from the 18th of August to the 5th of September for 19 days total. He re-joined the unit in Belgium on the 14th of September. On the 9th of October he was admitted to the 5th divisional rest station for Myalgia (pain in muscles) and re-joined the Battalion on the 11th of October. On the 14th of October he was found guilty of being AWL for 19 days and was awarded 28 days of field punishment no 1[3].
On the 10th of January 1918 he was transferred to the 2nd Division Salvage Company. He was then detached to the RTO Railhead on the 18th of June and re-joined the unit from detachment on the 28th of June. He was then detached to the 5th A.I. Brigade on the 30th of June and re-joined the unit on the 8th of July. He was then detached to the 17th Company on the 4th of October and re-joined the unit on the 7th of October. He proceeded on leave on the 5th of November. He was apprehended by the Military police for being AWL in London from the 10th of November to the 12th of December - 23 days total. He was awarded forfeiture of 23 days pay 10th of January. On the 28th January he was Admitted to hospital for Bronchitis and re-joined the unit on the 12th of February[4].
He disembarked for Australia aboard the Chemnitz on the 7 July 1919 arriving on 8 September and was discharged from the army on the 9th of November. He was awarded the British War Medal and the Victory Medal[5].
[1] National Archives of Australia
[2] AIF Project
[3] National Archives of Australia
[4] National Archives of Australia
[5] National Archives of Australia
Bibliography:
https://www.aif.adfa.edu.au/search
http://recordsearch.naa.gov.au/
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