CAMPBELL, George Frederick
| Service Number: | 11 |
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| Enlisted: | 17 August 1914, Sydney, New South Wales |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 3rd Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Lawrence, New South Wales, 1893 |
| Home Town: | Oatley, Hurstville, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Kogarah Public School |
| Occupation: | Accountant |
| Died: | Natural causes, Sydney, New South Wales, 31 December 1954 |
| Cemetery: |
Woronora Memorial Park, Sutherland, New South Wales |
| Memorials: | Sydney Morning Herald and Sydney Mail Record of War Service |
World War 1 Service
| 17 Aug 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 11, Sydney, New South Wales | |
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| 20 Oct 1914: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 11, 3rd Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Euripides embarkation_ship_number: A14 public_note: '' | |
| 20 Oct 1914: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 11, 3rd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Euripides, Sydney | |
| 25 Apr 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 11, 3rd Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli | |
| 24 May 1915: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 11, 3rd Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, GSW (right elbow) | |
| 27 Apr 1916: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 11, 3rd Infantry Battalion |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
George Frederick Campbell was the only son of Mr. George Joseph Campbell, of Oatley, and was born at Grafton in 1893, and educated at the Kogarah Public School, joining the clerical staff of the Sydney Morning Herald in May 1914.
Enlisting as a Signaller with the 3rd Battalion, on August 17, 1914, he left Australia in the middle of October, and was persent at the original landing on Gallipoli. He was constantly under fire, and during the third week on the Peninsula was wounded. He returned to Australia on Christmas Day, 1915, after long spells in hospital at Malta and at Wandsworth.
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