CAMPBELL, Frederick Charles John
| Service Number: | 8350 |
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| Enlisted: | 5 July 1915, at Keswick |
| Last Rank: | Lieutenant |
| Last Unit: | 2nd Divisional Ammunition Column |
| Born: | Unley, South Australia, November 1884 |
| Home Town: | Mile End, City of West Torrens, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
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World War 1 Service
| 5 Jul 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Sergeant, 8350, 6th Field Artillery Brigade , at Keswick | |
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| 22 Nov 1915: | Involvement Sergeant, 8350, 6th Field Artillery Brigade , --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '4' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Persic embarkation_ship_number: A34 public_note: '' | |
| 22 Nov 1915: | Embarked Sergeant, 8350, 6th Field Artillery Brigade , HMAT Persic, Melbourne | |
| 19 Oct 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 2nd Divisional Ammunition Column |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Modbury High School
Frederick Charles John Campbell was born in approximately November 1884 in Unley, South Australia. At the age of 30, Frederick would sign himself up to fight for his country of Australia in the First World War. On July 5th 1915 Frederick was registered to the 6th Field Artillery Brigade.
He was initially attached to the 6th Field Artillery Brigade but, after arriving in France in late 1916, was promoted to Second Lieutenant and posted to the 22nd Field Artillery Brigade. In the reorganisation of the Australian artillery in early 1917 he was posted to the X2a Trench Mortar Battery, part of the 2nd Division. In August 1917 he was detached to the 5th Field Artillery Battery, which was made permanent in September; by this stage he was a Lieutenant. In march 1918 he was transferred to the 2nd Divisional Ammunition Column. In June 1918 he suffered a bout of influenza.
His appointment was terminated (that is, he was discharged from the AIF back in Adelaide in October 1919.