CAMPBELL, Archibald Duncan
| Service Number: | 4964 |
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| Enlisted: | 13 September 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 3rd Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Holbrook, New South Wales, Australia, 23 February 1891 |
| Home Town: | Holbrook, Greater Hume Shire, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Little Billabong Public School, New South Wales, Australia |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Killed in Action, France, 17 August 1916, aged 25 years |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Holbrook War Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France) |
World War 1 Service
| 13 Sep 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 4964, 3rd Infantry Battalion | |
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| 8 Mar 1916: | Involvement Private, 4964, 3rd Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Star of England embarkation_ship_number: A15 public_note: '' | |
| 8 Mar 1916: | Embarked Private, 4964, 3rd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Star of England, Sydney |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Stephen Brooks
4964 Private Archibald Duncan Campbell, 3rd Battalion, of Little Billabong, near Holbrook NSW. He was one of 10 children of Samuel Percy and Annie Maria Campbell via Germantown NSW. The town of Germanton in the eastern Riverina district of NSW changed its name to Holbrook in 1915. Archie only joined the 3rd Battalion in the field two weeks before he was killed in action on 17 August 1916 in France, aged 25. He has no known grave.
His brother, 6719 Lance Corporal Ronald Allan Thomas Campbell 8th Battalion AIF was killed in action 23 August 1918 aged 26.
Another brother, 6489 Pte. Percy William Campbell M.M. also 3rd Battalion AIF, was awarded the Military Medal for bravery in rescuing wounded men during September 1918 before returning to Australia during 1919.
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