CAMERON, Roy
| Service Number: | 3028 |
|---|---|
| Enlisted: | 23 August 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 55th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Woodstock, Cowra, New South Wales, date not yet discovered |
| Home Town: | Woodstock, Cowra, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Woodstock State School |
| Occupation: | Lift Attendant / Saddler |
| Died: | Gun shot wound to abdomen, received in action - died of wounds, 1st Australian Casualty Clearing Station, Etaples, France, 1 October 1916, age not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Estaires Communal Cemetery and Extension Plot II, Row K, Grave 13, Estaires Communal Cemetery and Extension, Estaires, Nord Pas de Calais, France |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Haymarket NSW Government Railway and Tramway Honour Board |
World War 1 Service
| 23 Aug 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3028 | |
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| 20 Dec 1915: | Involvement Private, 3028, 17th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '12' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Suevic embarkation_ship_number: A29 public_note: '' | |
| 20 Dec 1915: | Embarked Private, 3028, 17th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Suevic, Sydney | |
| 18 Feb 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 3028, 55th Infantry Battalion, taken on strength Tel-el-Kebir | |
| 1 Oct 1916: | Involvement Private, 3028, 55th Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 3028 awm_unit: 55th Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1916-10-01 |
Great Sydney Central Station Honour Board
Roy CAMERON, (Service Number 3028) was born near Cowra in 1896. In 1914 he joined the Tramways in Sydney as a cleaner, although when he was released from duty in August 1915 to join the AIF he gave his ‘trade or calling’ as ‘lift attendant’.
Embarked from Sydney in December 1915, he joined his battalion in Egypt in February 1916, and was sent on to France in June. He spent some time in hospital with dysentery, and some time training. Two weeks after he returned to the Front he was wounded in action, on 30 September. and died of his wounds the next day
Submitted 16 May 2023 by John Oakes
Biography contributed by Glenunga International High School
World War 1, was a global war originating in Europe that lasted from 28 July 1914 to 11 November 1918.
Roy Cameron who had no past experience in the army fought in World War 1, service number 3028. He was born in Woodstock, New South Wales, Australia. was in the 55th Australian infantry battalion.
Not long after arriving in France on 30 June 1916, the battalion entered the frontline trenches for the first time on 12 July and fought its first major battle at Fromelles a week later. Roy Cameron died in France at age 18 from wounds.