CAMPBELL, William Flemming
| Service Number: | 6492 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1) |
| Born: | Leslie, Fife-shire, Scotland, United Kingdom, date not yet discovered |
| Home Town: | Merredin, Merredin, Western Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Teamster |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Bullecourt, France, 12 April 1917, age not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Newcarnie Roll of Honor, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France) |
World War 1 Service
| 13 Oct 1916: | Involvement Private, 6492, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '12' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Suffolk embarkation_ship_number: A23 public_note: '' | |
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| 13 Oct 1916: | Embarked Private, 6492, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), HMAT Suffolk, Fremantle |
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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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