Bruce Wilkins CAMPBELL

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CAMPBELL, Bruce Wilkins

Service Number:	4747
Enlisted:	3 November 1915, Enlisted at Brisbane
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	9th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Rollands Plains, Port Macquarie, New South Wales, 1897
Home Town:	Tweed Heads, New South Wales
Schooling:	Tweeds Heads Pulic School, New South Wales; Tweed Heads Superior School, New SouthWales
Occupation:	Farmer
Died:	Died of wounds -spine, National Hospital, Queen's Square, London,United Kingdom, 18 June 1917
Cemetery:	Brookwood Military Cemetery, Pirbright, Surrey, England, United Kingdom Plot X1, Row C, Grave 16 Chaplain Green officiated Headstone inscription reads: Thy Will be done Undertakers were Thos. Vigers of 3 Eccleston Street, London and the coffin was made of good polished elm
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Murwillumbah War Memorial, Port Macquarie Cenotaph

World War 1 Service

3 Nov 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 4747, Enlisted at Brisbane
28 Mar 1916:	Involvement Private, 4747, 9th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '9' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Commonwealth embarkation_ship_number: A73 public_note: ''
28 Mar 1916:	Embarked Private, 4747, 9th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Commonwealth, Brisbane
6 May 1917:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 4747, Gunshot wound to the spine and evacuated to England on 18 May 1917

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Biography contributed by Carol Foster

At the time of enlistment he was working at Port Macquarie

Son of William and Rebecca Mary Campbell of 'Rocklands', Tweed Heads, NSW; brother of Sidney Frederick Campbell who returned to Australia on 19 October 1917 having served with the 9th Battalion and Henry John Campbell who returned to Australia on 14 April 1919 having served with the 49th Battalion

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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