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CAMPBELL, Ray Gillespie
Personal Details
| Service Numbers: | 2623, S60025 |
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| Enlisted: | 21 May 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 4 Garrison Battalion (SA) |
| Born: | Boolcunda East, South Australia, 1 April 1893 |
| Home Town: | Quorn, Flinders Ranges, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Boolcunda East Public School, South Australia |
| Occupation: | Farmer |
| Died: | 20 January 1954, aged 60 years, cause of death not yet discovered, place of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Enfield Memorial Park, South Australia |
| Memorials: | Quorn District Roll of Honor WW1 Board, Quorn Roll of Honor, Quorn and District Roll of Honour WW2 |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 21 May 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private | |
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| 27 Oct 1915: | Involvement Private, 2623, 27th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '15' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Benalla embarkation_ship_number: A24 public_note: '' | |
| 27 Oct 1915: | Embarked Private, 2623, 27th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Benalla, Adelaide |
World War 2 Service
| 20 Apr 1942: | Involvement Private, S60025 | |
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| 20 Apr 1942: | Enlisted Adelaide, SA | |
| 20 Apr 1942: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, S60025 | |
| 8 Jul 1942: | Discharged Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, S60025, 4 Garrison Battalion (SA) |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Robert Kearney
Raid on Celtic Wood
2623 Private Ray Gillespie Campbell a farmer from Quorn, South Australia was wounded at Pozières in July 1916. He was wounded again during the raid on Celtic Wood on 9 October 1917 and evacuated to England with shrapnel wounds to his left arm and neck on 12 October 1917.
Returned to Australia in 1919.
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