CAMPBELL, David Fleming
| Service Number: | 715 |
|---|---|
| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Lance Corporal |
| Last Unit: | 25th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Not yet discovered |
| Home Town: | Kempsey, Kempsey, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Gardener |
| Died: | Killed in Action, France, 4 July 1918, age not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Crouy British Cemetery, Crouy-sur-Somme Plot III, Row B, Grave 18, Crouy British Cemetery, Crouy St Pierre, Amiens, Picardie, France |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 21 Jun 1917: | Involvement Private, 715, 7th Machine Gun Company, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '21' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Suevic embarkation_ship_number: A29 public_note: '' | |
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| 21 Jun 1917: | Embarked Private, 715, 7th Machine Gun Company, HMAT Suevic, Melbourne | |
| 4 Jul 1918: | Involvement Lance Corporal, 715, 25th Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 715 awm_unit: 25 Battalion awm_rank: Lance Corporal awm_died_date: 1918-07-04 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon
He is one of three Australian soldiers of the Great War remembered on the Leslie war memorial.
Leslie - Kirkcaldy District
UKNIWM Ref No. 8533
The Leslie war memorial standing in gardens at the junction of Greenside Street and High Street is a tall cenotaph constructed of rustic freestone blocks with tapering pedestal and standing on two steps. The commemorations and names of the WWI dead are carved on dressed sandstone panels set into the faces of the pedestal.
At the top of the cenotaph on the four sides are carved:
A cross with heart and the inscription 'SACRIFICE'
A reversed sword with wreath and the inscription 'VALOUR'
A rampant griffin with wreath and the inscription 'DVTY'
A saltire in wreath and the inscription 'ENVRANCE' [sic]
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