CAMPBELL, George Henry
| Service Number: | 537 |
|---|---|
| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Lance Corporal |
| Last Unit: | 42nd Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Casino, New South Wales, Australia, 2 November 1895 |
| Home Town: | Killarney, Southern Downs, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Theresa Creek Casino District Public School, New South Wales, Australia |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Killed in Action, France, 8 August 1918, aged 22 years |
| Cemetery: |
Villers-Bretonneux Military Cemetery Grave I. E. 9 INSCRIPTION WE MISS YOU MOST, WHO LOVED YOU BEST, ASLEEP IN JESUS, SWEETLY REST , Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Brisbane 42nd Infantry Battalion AIF Roll of Honour, Casino Irvington Public School Roll of Honor WW1, Casino and District Memorial Hospital WW1 Roll of Honour, Queensland Railways Toowoomba Employees Roll of Honour, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France) |
World War 1 Service
| 5 Jun 1916: | Involvement Private, 537, 42nd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '18' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Borda embarkation_ship_number: A30 public_note: '' | |
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| 5 Jun 1916: | Embarked Private, 537, 42nd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Borda, Sydney | |
| 8 Aug 1918: | Involvement Lance Corporal, 537, 42nd Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 537 awm_unit: 42nd Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Lance Corporal awm_died_date: 1918-08-08 |
LCpl George Henry Campbell
Courtesy of Fallen Diggers Twitter
@fremantleww1 and I received news today that our case for L/Cpl Campbell 42nd 537 was Approved. No longer is he missing. Buried in VB Military Cemetery as an Unknown 42nd Bn Soldier. Stand Down Soldier your duty is done, R.I.P knowing you have been found. Lest We Forget.
Submitted 3 July 2019 by Evan Evans
Biography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon
He was 23 and the son of Joseph Evett Campbell and Mary Elizabeth Campbell, of Dobies Bight, Casino, New South Wales.
He enlisted at Warwick, Queensland on 29 December 1915.He was previously commemorated as 'Missing' on the Villers-Bretonneux Memorial.
His brother 1078 Pte Samuel David CAMPBELL, 11th Light Trench Mortar Battery, was killed in action, 20 February 1917.
Biography contributed by Robyn Collins
2019 news
Dennis Frank, President Fallen Diggers and Major Tim Dawe, Australian Army, Unrecovered War Casualty Unit confirm George Henry Campbell’s grave has been officially identified at Villers-Bretonneux. His was the last grave in his unit to be identified.
The inscription and cross chosen by their mother for Samuel’s headstone will be used on George’s too.
2022 update
LCPL George Henry Campbell’s grave will be rededicated Monday July 4th 2022 at Villers-Bretonneux Military Cemetery, France.
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