CAMPBELL, John Donald
| Service Number: | 791 |
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| Enlisted: | 8 January 1915, Melbourne, Vic. |
| Last Rank: | Lieutenant |
| Last Unit: | 6th Machine Gun Company |
| Born: | Essendon, Victoria, Australia, 21 January 1878 |
| Home Town: | Warrnambool, Warrnambool, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Cudgee State School |
| Occupation: | Farmer |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Passchendaele Ridge, Belgium, 9 October 1917, aged 39 years |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial |
World War 1 Service
| 8 Jan 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 791, 22nd Infantry Battalion, Melbourne, Vic. | |
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| 10 May 1915: | Embarked Private, 791, 22nd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ulysses, Melbourne | |
| 10 May 1915: | Involvement Private, 791, 22nd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '14' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ulysses embarkation_ship_number: A38 public_note: '' | |
| 21 Sep 1915: | Promoted AIF WW1, Corporal, 22nd Infantry Battalion | |
| 8 Dec 1915: | Promoted AIF WW1, Sergeant, 22nd Infantry Battalion | |
| 1 Mar 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Sergeant, 6th Machine Gun Company | |
| 10 Mar 1916: | Promoted AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, 6th Machine Gun Company | |
| 15 Jul 1916: | Promoted AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 6th Machine Gun Company |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
Son of Alexander and Mary CAMPBELL, 228 Prospect Hill Road, Surrey Hills, Victoria
CAMPBELL.— A tribute of love to the memory of our dear friend, John Donald Campbell, Lieutenant A.I.F., killed in action in France, 9th October, 1917, after 2 years and 5 months' active service in Egypt, Gallipoli, and France. (Inserted by Mrs. Powling and family, East St. Kilda.)
CAMPBELL.—Sacred to the memory of Lieut. J. D. Campbell (Jack), killed in action somewhere in France, on October 9, 1917, after serving two years and five months, Gallipoli and France, late of Victoria and Narngulu.
—Inserted by his loving friend, A. Reidy, Westonia.
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