CAMPBELL, Sydney
| Service Number: | 1111 |
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| Enlisted: | 7 October 1914 |
| Last Rank: | Lance Corporal |
| Last Unit: | 11th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Perth, Western Australia, 8 March 1893 |
| Home Town: | Mount Magnet, Mount Magnet, Western Australia |
| Schooling: | Clontarf Orphanage, Western Australia |
| Occupation: | Farm Hand |
| Died: | Wounds, 1st Southern General Hospital, Dudley Road, Birmingham, England, United Kingdom, 28 November 1916, aged 23 years |
| Cemetery: |
Birmingham (Lodge Hill) Cemetery, Warwickshire, England B10 424, |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 7 Oct 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1111, 11th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 22 Dec 1914: | Involvement Private, 1111, 11th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Themistocles embarkation_ship_number: A32 public_note: '' | |
| 22 Dec 1914: | Embarked Private, 1111, 11th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Themistocles, Melbourne | |
| 20 May 1916: | Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 11th Infantry Battalion | |
| 23 Jul 1916: | Wounded AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 1111, 11th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , GSW to left arm - slight | |
| 9 Nov 1916: | Wounded AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 1111, 11th Infantry Battalion, 'The Winter Offensive' - Flers/Gueudecourt winter of 1916/17, GSW to right arm DoW England | |
| 28 Nov 1916: | Involvement Lance Corporal, 1111, 11th Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 1111 awm_unit: 11 Battalion awm_rank: Lance Corporal awm_died_date: 1916-11-28 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Evan Evans
The summary below was completed by Cathy Sedgwick – Facebook “WW1 Australian War Graves in England/UK/Scotland/Ireland
Died on this date – 28th November…… Sydney Ignatius Campbell was born in Perth, Western Australia (possibly) on 8th March, 1893** (Other sources state he was born in September 1892) to a single mother. He was placed in Subiaco Boys Orphanage in 1898.
On 7th October, 1914 Sydney Campbell enlisted in the Australian Imperial Force (A.I.F.) as a 21 year old, single, Farm Hand from Mount Magnet, Western Australia.
Private Sydney Campbell embarked from Melbourne, Victoria on HMAT Themistocles (A32) on 22nd December, 1914 with the 11th Infantry Battalion, 1st Reinforcements. He joined 11th Battalion at Mena on 10th February, 1915.
He embarked from Alexandria on 2nd March, 1915 on HMAT Suffolk to join M.E.F. (Mediterranean Expeditionary Force) at Gallipoli Peninsula. On 7th January, 1916 Private Campbell disembarked from HMT Empress of Britain at Alexandria (ex Lemnos) (after evacuation of Gallipoli).
On 29th March, 1916 Private Campbell embarked from Alexandria to join B.E.F. (British Expeditionary Force) & disembarked at Marseilles, France on 5th April, 1916.
Private Sydney Campbell was appointed Lance Corporal on 20th May, 1916.
Lance Corporal Sydney Campbell was wounded in action in France on 22 – 25th July, 1916 (date as listed on Casualty Form – Active Service) at Pozieres. He was admitted to 2nd Field Ambulance on 24th July, 1916 with G.S.W. (gunshot wound/s) to arm then transferred to 44th Casualty Clearing Station on 25th July, 1916. Lance Corporal Campbell was transferred to Ambulance Train & admitted to 1st Australian General Hospital at Rouen, France on 26th July, 1916. He was invalided to England on 27th July, 1916 on Hospital Ship Aberdonian.
He was admitted to Royal West Sussex Hospital, Chichester, England on 28th July, 1916 with G.S.W to left arm – slight.
On 10th September, 1916 Lance Corporal Campbell proceeded overseas to France from 3rd Training Battalion at Perham Downs, Wiltshire. He rejoined 11th Battalion in the Field on 17th September, 1916.
Lance Corporal Sydney Campbell was wounded in action (2nd occasion) on 9th November, 1916. He was admitted to 1st Anzac M.D. (Main Dressing) Station on 9th November, 1916 with shrapnel wounds to right arm. Lance Corporal Campbell was transferred & admitted to 36th Casualty Clearing Station on 9th November, 1916 then transferred & admitted to 1st General Hospital at Etretat, France on 11th November, 1916. He was transferred to England from Havre on 23rd November, 1916 on Hospital Ship Gloucester Castle.
He was admitted to 1st Southern General Hospital, Birmingham, England on 24th November, 1916 with G.S.W. arm & was reported as seriously ill on 27th November, 1916.
Lance Corporal Sydney Campbell died at 11 pm on 28th November, 1916 at 1st Southern General Hospital, Dudley Road, Birmingham, England from wounds received in action in France – gunshot wound right arm.
He was buried in Lodge Hill Cemetery, Birmingham, West Midlands, England – his name is remembered on the Commonwealth War Graves Commission Screen Wall B10. 424 as he does not have a headstone. There are 54 other WW1 Australian War Personnel buried in Lodge Hill Cemetery, Birmingham.
(The above is a summary of my research. The full research can be found by following the link below)
https://ww1austburialsuk.weebly.com/-lodge-hill.html
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