CAMPBELL, Alister Colin Muir
| Service Number: | 3025 |
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| Enlisted: | 2 July 1915, Liverpool, NSW |
| Last Rank: | Temporary Sergeant |
| Last Unit: | 13th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Omeo, Victoria, Australia, 1 February 1891 |
| Home Town: | Newtown, Greater Geelong, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Geelong College |
| Occupation: | Bank Clerk |
| Died: | Natural Causes, Armadale, Victoria, Australia, 16 August 1971, aged 80 years |
| Cemetery: |
Springvale Botanical Cemetery, Melbourne Cremated remains scattered at cemetery |
| Memorials: | Geelong College WW1 Roll of Honour, Newtown All Saints Church Honour Roll |
World War 1 Service
| 2 Jul 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3025, 13th Infantry Battalion, Liverpool, NSW | |
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| 6 Sep 1915: | Involvement Private, 3025, 13th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '11' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Ballarat embarkation_ship_number: A70 public_note: '' | |
| 6 Sep 1915: | Embarked Private, 3025, 13th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ballarat, Sydney | |
| 5 Nov 1918: | Involvement AIF WW1, Temporary Sergeant, 13th Infantry Battalion |
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Son of Archibald Lorne CAMPBELL and Esther Annie nee HOLLIS
Husband of Iva Norham CAMPBELL nee SCOTT
“Born in Omeo on 1st February 1891, the son of Archibald Lorne and Esther Annie (Hollis) Campbell of Aphrasia Street Newtown, he was educated at The Geelong College, spending five years in the School Cadets. Later he was in the North Sydney Rifle Club for six months.
Whilst living at 27 Aphrasia Street, Newtown, he travelled to Liverpool, NSW, and enlisted in the AIF on 2nd July 1915, and embarked on HMAT AS Argylishire on 30th September 1915. He was wounded at Mouquet Farm on 14th August 1916, suffering gunshot wounds to the thigh and shoulder in an action and on 7 September 1916 and he was evacuated from Le Havre to England on HS Asturias and was taken to Portsmouth England. The wound was classified as severe and he spent most of 1917 in Southern General Hospital in London. Alister remained in England at General Headquarters depot during 1918 and during this period, was appointed as Lance Corporal and in 1919 promoted to T/Sergeant.
Returned to Australia embarking on 28th March 1919 on the ship Karla on 8 May 1919 and finally discharged on 30 June 1919.
He died in 1971.”
Geelong Collegians