CAMPBELL, Robert Clyde
| Service Number: | 5996 |
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| Enlisted: | 9 October 1915, Kiama, NSW |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 13th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | 1890, place not yet discovered |
| Home Town: | Sydney, City of Sydney, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Farmer |
| Memorials: | Gilgandra Coo-ee March Gallery |
World War 1 Service
| 9 Oct 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 5996, 13th Infantry Battalion, Kiama, NSW | |
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| 22 Aug 1916: | Involvement Private, 5996, 13th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '11' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Wiltshire embarkation_ship_number: A18 public_note: '' | |
| 22 Aug 1916: | Embarked Private, 5996, 13th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Wiltshire, Sydney |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Daryl Jones
Son of Mrs Charlotte Campbell, 286 Harris Street, Sydney, New South Wales
Robert marched with the Cooees until Lithgow, where he was admitted to hospital with typhoid fever. He completed his medical examination on July 13, 1916 at Kiama and after training at Liverpool, embarked from Sydney on the HMAT Wiltshire on August 22, 1916. He joined the 13th Battalion on March 16, 1917 at Ribemont, France.
While fighting on the Hindenburg Line in the vicinity of Reincourt in March 1917, Robert suffered a gunshot wound to his left arm – one of 118 members of the battalion wounded on that day; with 25 killed and 367 men reported as missing. He was sent to England for treatment and developed oedema in his leg.
Robert returned to Australia in December 1917 and was discharged medically unfit on January 30, 1918.