CAMPBELL, Thomas Alphonsus
| Service Numbers: | Chaplain, NX70431 |
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| Enlisted: | 12 November 1940 |
| Last Rank: | Captain (Chaplain 4th Class) |
| Last Unit: | Australian Army Chaplains' Department |
| Born: | Hollywood, Ireland, 27 November 1871 |
| Home Town: | Wendouree, Ballarat North, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Catholic Priest |
| Died: | Natural causes, Townsville, Queensland, 21 January 1949, aged 77 years |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
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World War 1 Service
| 16 Jul 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Captain (Chaplain 4th Class) , Australian Army Chaplains' Department, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '1' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Demosthenes embarkation_ship_number: A64 public_note: '' | |
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| 16 Jul 1915: | Embarked Australian Army Chaplains' Department, HMAT Demosthenes, Melbourne | |
| 17 Jul 1915: | Involvement Australian Army Chaplains' Department, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '1' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Orsova embarkation_ship_number: A67 public_note: '' | |
| 17 Jul 1915: | Embarked AIF WW1, Captain (Chaplain 4th Class) , Chaplain, Australian Army Chaplains' Department, HMAT Orsova, Melbourne |
World War 2 Service
| 12 Nov 1940: | Enlisted NX70431 |
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Death of Rev. Thomas Campbell, C.SS.R.
The death of Rev. Thomas Campbell, C.SS.R., will sadden many hearts throughout Australia and New Zealand. Fr. Campbell had been attached to the Redemptorist house in Townsville for the past two years. On Friday, January 21, he collapsed suddenly, was anointed, and the following day passed to his reward at the age of 77, and in the 53rd year of his priesthood. At the time of his death, Fr. Campbell was the oldest redemptorist in Australasia. Shortly after his arrival in Australia from his native Ireland, he was appointed, in 1911, to teach in the Redemptorist Juniorate in Ballarat, which had been established the previous year. At the outbreak of hostilities in 1914, Fr. Campbell put on the uniform of a chaplain priest, and completed his service with the rank of lieutenant-colonel, after gruelling experiences in the battle areas. The Second World War found him again eager for chaplain service, and, despite his advanced age, he interest in their spiritual welfare, an interest which overflowed into their temporal difficulties. Part of his service was spent on the hospital ship, Orange. He was appointed for the same service on-the ill-fated Centaur. He was advised to travel by rail from the south and board the ship in Brisbane. He followed this advice, and so was providentially spared the ensuing disaster. It was Fr. Campbell's unique privilege to celebrate his golden jubilee of priesthood while still in uniform. Surely a symbol of his entire life; for he lived in the spirit of a crusader, in arms for Christ, and the kingdom of Christ.
Advocate Thursday 17 February 1949 page 7
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