Augustus CAMPBELL

CAMPBELL, Augustus

Service Number: 207
Enlisted: 17 August 1914, Enlisted at South Melbourne
Last Rank: Private
Last Unit: 5th Infantry Battalion
Born: Auckland, New Zealand, 1880
Home Town: South Melbourne, Port Phillip, Victoria
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Labourer
Died: Killed in Action, Gallipoli, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 26 April 1915
Cemetery: No known grave - "Known Unto God"
No known grave Panel 24, Lone Pine Memorial, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey
Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Lone Pine Memorial to the Missing, South Melbourne Great War Roll of Honor
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World War 1 Service

17 Aug 1914: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 207, Enlisted at South Melbourne
21 Oct 1914: Involvement Private, 207, 5th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '8' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Orvieto embarkation_ship_number: A3 public_note: ''
21 Oct 1914: Embarked Private, 207, 5th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Orvieto, Melbourne

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Biography contributed by Steve Larkins

Address at the time of enlistment was 263 City Road, South Melbourne, Victoria

Son of Neil Campbell and Ann Campbell of South Melbourne. Brother of Neil Campbell of Freeman Street, Fitzroy, Victoria and Miss K. Campbell

Husand of Nellie Campbell nee Henderson

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal. Medals, Scroll and Memorial Plaque to his brother Neil Campbell

Also served in the Duke of Edinburgh's Own Rifles is SA for about 2 years