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CAMPBELL, Alan
Personal Details
Service Number: | 558 |
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Enlisted: | 25 August 1914, Enlisted at Kensington, NSW |
Last Rank: | Private |
Last Unit: | 4th Infantry Battalion |
Born: | Bathurst, New South Wales, Australia, 1889 |
Home Town: | Bathurst, Bathurst Regional, New South Wales |
Schooling: | District Public School, Bathurst, New South Wales, Australia |
Occupation: | Labourer |
Died: | Died of wounds, Gallipoli, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 9 May 1915 |
Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" No known grave Panel 22, Lone Pine Memorial, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial, Bathurst Public School Roll of Honour, Bathurst War Memorial Carillon, Lone Pine Memorial to the Missing |
Service History
World War 1 Service
25 Aug 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 558, 4th Infantry Battalion, NB: Not 16th Btn | |
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25 Aug 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 558, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), Enlisted at Kensington, NSW | |
20 Oct 1914: | Involvement Private, 558, 4th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '8' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Euripides embarkation_ship_number: A14 public_note: '' | |
20 Oct 1914: | Embarked Private, 558, 4th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Euripides, Sydney | |
25 Apr 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 558, 4th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli | |
8 May 1915: | Imprisoned ANZAC / Gallipoli | |
8 May 1915: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 558, 4th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, Gunshot wounds to head (severe). Captured by the Turks (with Cpl Cliffe) attempting to return to own lines. Died of wounds 9 May 1915. |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Birth name spelt Allan M. Campbell
Son of John and Amy Campbell of 'Strathcaro', 170a Stewart Street, Bathurst, NSW. Brother of John Campbell and Colin Campbell
Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal