CAMPBELL, Harold
| Service Number: | 2388 |
|---|---|
| Enlisted: | 10 June 1915, Place of Enlistment, Liverpool, New South Wales. |
| Last Rank: | Sergeant |
| Last Unit: | 3rd Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Wellington, New South Wales, Australia, 1895 |
| Home Town: | Wellington Vale, Glen Innes Severn, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Maryvale Public School, New South Wales, Australia |
| Occupation: | Farmer |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Belgium, 7 October 1917 |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Remembered at The Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial (Panel 7), Belgium The Menin Gate Memorial, Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres, Flanders, Belgium |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Menin Gate Memorial (Commonwealth Memorial to the Missing of the Ypres Salient), Wellington Cenotaph, Wellington Hall of Memory Honour Roll |
World War 1 Service
| 10 Jun 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2388, 3rd Infantry Battalion, Place of Enlistment, Liverpool, New South Wales. | |
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| 14 Jul 1915: | Involvement Private, 2388, 3rd Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Orsova embarkation_ship_number: A67 public_note: '' | |
| 14 Jul 1915: | Embarked Private, 2388, 3rd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Orsova, Sydney | |
| 3 Nov 1915: | Promoted AIF WW1, Corporal, Temporary Corporal Vice | |
| 3 Dec 1915: | Promoted AIF WW1, Corporal | |
| 17 Feb 1916: | Promoted AIF WW1, Sergeant | |
| 28 Mar 1916: | Wounded AIF WW1, Sergeant, 3rd Infantry Battalion | |
| 26 Jul 1916: | Wounded AIF WW1, Sergeant, 3rd Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , Shell Shocked | |
| 4 Apr 1917: | Transferred AIF WW1, Sergeant, 61st Infantry Battalion | |
| 7 Oct 1917: | Involvement Sergeant, 2388, 3rd Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 2388 awm_unit: 3 Battalion awm_rank: Sergeant awm_died_date: 1917-10-07 |
Sergeant Harold Campbell.
Embarked from Egypt to join the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, Gallipoli, 21 October 1915. Taken on strength, 3rd Bn, Gallipoli, 2 November 1915. Promoted Temporary Corporal, 3 November 1915; Corporal, 3 December 1915; Sergeant, 17 February 1916 (Tel el Kebir, Egypt).
Proceeded from Alexandria to join the British Expeditionary Force, 22 March 1916; disembarked Marseilles, 28 March 1916. Found guilty, at sea, of neglect of duty, 25 March 1916: reprimanded.
Wounded in action, 25 July 1916; admitted to 3rd Canadian Stationary Hospital, Boulogne, 26 July 1916 (shell, gas). transferred to England, 28 July 1916, and admitted to Stoke-on-Trent War Hospital, 29 July 1916. Taken on strength, No. 2 Command Depot, 4 September 1916; No. 3 Command Depot, 13 October 1916. Transferred to 61st Bn, 4 April 1917. Found guilty, 21 April 1917, of being in possession of a document, couched in insubordinate language, addressed to his Superior Officer: reprimanded.
Proceeded overseas to France, 20 July 1917; rejoined Bn, 18 August 1917.
Killed in action, Belgium, 7 October 1917.
Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Submitted 9 April 2021 by Lynette Turner
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