CAMPBELL, John Gordon Leslie
| Service Number: | 2635 |
|---|---|
| Enlisted: | 10 January 1916 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 5th Light Horse Regiment |
| Born: | Gladstone, Queensland, Australia, 21 March 1894 |
| Home Town: | Gladstone, Gladstone, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Grazier |
| Died: | Bileola, Queensland, Australia, 30 December 1974, aged 80 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Rockhampton Crematorium, Qld Coolabah-Scatter Gardens |
| Memorials: | Banana War Memorial |
World War 1 Service
| 10 Jan 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2635, 5th Light Horse Regiment | |
|---|---|---|
| 4 May 1916: | Involvement Private, 2635, 5th Light Horse Regiment, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '2' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Seang Choon embarkation_ship_number: A49 public_note: '' | |
| 4 May 1916: | Embarked Private, 2635, 5th Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Seang Choon, Brisbane | |
| 6 Apr 1918: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 2635, 5th Light Horse Regiment, Wounded on duty | |
| 19 Sep 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 2635, 5th Light Horse Regiment, 1st MD |
Help us honour John Gordon Leslie Campbell's service by contributing information, stories, and images so that they can be preserved for future generations.
Add my storyBiography contributed by Evan Evans
From Central Queensland Old Pictures and Yarns:
"Lest We Forget" Collection.
Pte John Gordon Leslie Campbell - During his time with the 5th Light Horse, Gordon Campbell kept diaries, four in total, detailing day-to-day life as part of the AIF during World War I. At the time of writing this, we have transcribed two of his diaries and are working on transcription of the third. Below is an extract from his first diary, describing part of the voyage from Australia to Port Said.
(Gordon) Campbell was living & working with his family on "Kilburnie" when he enlisted in the 5th Light Horse at the age of 21. After departing Australia in May 1916, he spent three years in Egypt and the Middle East, returning in 1919. Gordon took up "Craiglands", situated to the north of Kilburnie, on his return from WWI, and in 1938 he married Christian Telford, of Rockhampton. They had two daughters, Helen Margaret Campbell, born 1940; and Heather Elizabeth Campbell, born 1943. Gordon passed away in Biloela in 1974 -
Source: https://qalbum.archives.qld.gov.au/.../john-gordon-leslie...
Click images to start slideshow.