CAMPBELL, Alexander Fairweather
| Service Number: | 232 |
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| Enlisted: | 3 January 1916, Brisbane |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 13th Machine Gun Company |
| Born: | Kirkcowan, Wigtownshire, Scotland., 1893 |
| Home Town: | Alderley, Brisbane, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Not known |
| Occupation: | Barman |
| Died: | Broncho pneumonia, 3rd Australian General Hospital, France, 12 November 1918 |
| Cemetery: |
Abbeville Communal Cemetery Extension Grave V. C. 19. |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Enoggera Shire Council Roll of Honour WW1 |
World War 1 Service
| 3 Jan 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 232, 13th Machine Gun Company, Brisbane | |
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| 2 May 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 232, 13th Machine Gun Company, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '21' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Hororata embarkation_ship_number: A20 public_note: '' | |
| 2 May 1916: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 232, 13th Machine Gun Company, HMAT Hororata, Sydney | |
| 12 Nov 1918: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 232, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 232 awm_unit: 4th Australian Machine Gun Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1918-11-12 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Elizabeth Allen
Alexander Fairweather CAMPBELL was born in 1893 in Kirkcowan, Wigtownshire, Scotland
His parents were James CAMPBELL & Elizabeth (Bessie) McNEIL
He arrived in Brisbane on 27th June 1910 on the ship Orontes from London
Alexander married Jessie Small SIMPSON on 16th December, 1914 at the Peoples Evangelistic Mission House in Queensland - two children, Alexander born 4.4.15 who died on 2.12.15 & Jessie born 30.11.16
He enlisted in Brisbane on 3rd January, 1916 & embarked with the 13th Machine Gun Company, 2nd reinforcements on the 20th April, 1916 on the ship Hororata
He died from Broncho Pneumonia on 12th November, 1918 at the 3rd Australian General Hospital & is buried in Abbeyville Communal Cemetery Extension
Medals: British War Medal & Victory Medal
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IN MEMORIAM
CAMPBELL - In loving memory of my dear husband and my father, Private Alexander Fairweather Campbell who died of broncho pneumonia at Abbeyville, France on 12th November, 1918
"Yes again we hope to meet him,
when the day of life has fled
thou in heaven once more to greet him
where no farewell tears are shed"
Inserted by his sorrowing widow & little daughter Jessie
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"Gone to his rest through the pathway of duty,
giving his life that others might live
such are the words on the tablet of beauty
in letters immortal, in honour to live"
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"Sleep on dear son, in a far off land
in a grave we'll never see,
as long as life and memory last
we will remember thee"
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