Ronald Allan Thomas CAMPBELL

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CAMPBELL, Ronald Allan Thomas

Service Number:	6719
Enlisted:	25 May 1916
Last Rank:	Lance Corporal
Last Unit:	8th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Holbrook, New South Wales, Australia, 30 June 1893
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, 23 August 1918, aged 25 years
Cemetery:	Heath Cemetery, Picardie, France Plot V, Row C, Grave No. 20 Holbrook War Memorial, Heath Cemetery, Harbonnieres, Picardie, France
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour

World War 1 Service

25 May 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 6719, 8th Infantry Battalion
17 Nov 1916:	Involvement Private, 6719, 8th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '9' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: SS Port Napier embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: ''
17 Nov 1916:	Embarked Private, 6719, 8th Infantry Battalion, SS Port Napier, Sydney
23 Aug 1918:	Involvement Lance Corporal, 6719, 8th Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 6719 awm_unit: 8 Battalion awm_rank: Lance Corporal awm_died_date: 1918-08-23

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Biography contributed by Stephen Brooks

Ronald Campbell was one of 10 children of Samuel Percy and Annie Maria Campbell, who lived at Little Billabong near Holbrook NSW. A labourer prior to enlisting at Cootamundra, NSW, he embarked from Sydney aboard during November 1916. He was wounded in action in Belgium 20 September 1917 and evacuated to England with a shrapnel wound to his right thigh. He returned to his unit during early 1918 and was killed in action on 23 August 1918 in France, aged 26.

His older brother 4964 Private Archibald Duncan Campbell 3rd Battalion AIF was killed in action at Pozieres 17 August 1916, age 25.

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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