CAMPBELL, Hugh
| Service Number: | 175 |
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| Enlisted: | 14 September 1914, An original member of B Company |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 14th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Coburg, Victoria, Australia, September 1889 |
| Home Town: | Footscray, Maribyrnong, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Footscray State School, Victoria, Australia |
| Occupation: | Quarryman |
| Died: | Killed in action, France, 12 August 1916 |
| Cemetery: |
Gordon Dump Cemetery, Ovillers-la Boisselle Plot L, Row A, Grave No. 16. DEARLY LOVED SON OF JOHN & MARIA CAMPBELL |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 14 Sep 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 175, 14th Infantry Battalion, An original member of B Company | |
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| 22 Dec 1914: | Involvement Private, 175, 14th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '11' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ulysses embarkation_ship_number: A38 public_note: '' | |
| 22 Dec 1914: | Embarked Private, 175, 14th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ulysses, Melbourne |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Stephen Brooks
Hugh Campbell was one of three sons of John and Maria Campbell of Footscray, Victoria who served with the AIF during WW1. Only one returned to Australia.
Hugh was a quarryman when he enlisted during September 1914. He attended Footscray State School and was said to have taken a keen interest in all kinds of sports and athletics. He was then 25 years of age.
He took part in the Anzac Landing on Gallipoli on 25 April 1915 with the 14th Battalion and survived unscathed until 21 August 1915 when he was evacuated sick to Mudros. He was then shipped out to England for treatment before he rejoined his unit on Gallipoli in October 1915. He was back in Egypt after the evacuation of Anzac in January 1916.
Hugh was sent to France June 1916 and died during the very heavy fighting at Pozieres. He at least has a grave in the Gordon Dump Cemetery at Ovillers-La-Boiselle.
His two brothers enlisted in Australia at around the time of his death.
Hugh’s younger brother, 6476 Lce. Cpl. Frederick Aedy, M.M. 5th Battalion AIF, was later killed in action at Broodseinde on 4 October, 1917, aged 23.
Another brother, 2189 Pte Duncan William Allan Campbell 37th Battalion AIF, was returned to Australia suffering from shell shock on 19 October 1917.
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