CAMPBELL, James Stewart
| Service Numbers: | 3270, 11922 |
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| Enlisted: | 17 July 1915, Melbourne, Vic. |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 2nd Light Trench Mortar Battery |
| Born: | Ballarat, Victoria, Australia, 1894 |
| Home Town: | Tourello, Ballarat North, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Wendouree State School, Victoria, Australia |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Died of Wounds, France, 13 June 1918 |
| Cemetery: |
Borre British Cemetery Plot II, Row A, Grave No. 18 |
| Memorials: | Tourello Walnut Grove Honour Roll |
World War 1 Service
| 17 Jul 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3270, 7th Infantry Battalion, Melbourne, Vic. | |
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| 11 Oct 1915: | Involvement Private, 3270, 7th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '9' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Nestor embarkation_ship_number: A71 public_note: '' | |
| 11 Oct 1915: | Embarked Private, 3270, 7th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Nestor, Melbourne | |
| 13 Jan 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 8th Infantry Battalion, Egypt | |
| 11 May 1916: | Involvement Private, 11922, 9th Field Ambulance, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '23' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Argyllshire embarkation_ship_number: A8 public_note: '' | |
| 11 May 1916: | Embarked Private, 11922, 9th Field Ambulance, HMAT Argyllshire, Sydney | |
| 25 Jul 1916: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 3270, 8th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , GSW to right arm. Evacuated to hospital (France). Rejoined unit 2 September 1916. | |
| 4 Sep 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 2nd Light Trench Mortar Battery, France | |
| 20 Sep 1917: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 3270, 2nd Light Trench Mortar Battery, Menin Road | |
| 4 Oct 1917: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 3270, 2nd Light Trench Mortar Battery, Broodseinde Ridge | |
| 15 Apr 1918: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 3270, 2nd Light Trench Mortar Battery, German Spring Offensive 1918, Hazebrouck | |
| 13 Jun 1918: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 3270, 2nd Light Trench Mortar Battery, Multiple SW to left leg/thigh sustained at Strazeele. Evacuated to 2nd AFA, however died of his wounds at the Advanced Dressing Station at Borre later the same day. | |
| 13 Jun 1918: | Involvement Private, 3270, 2nd Light Trench Mortar Battery, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 3270 awm_unit: 2nd Australian Light Trench Mortar Battery awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1918-06-13 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Elizabeth Allen
James Stewart CAMPBELL was born in Ballarat, Victoria in 1894
His parents were Christopher CAMPBELL & Janet (Jean) BRANIGAN
Biography contributed by Robert Wight
James Stewart Campbell, aged 21, enlisted in the AIF at Melbourne on 17 July 1915. He departed Australia on 11 October 1915 and, upon arrival in Egypt, was transferred to the 8th Battalion in January 1916. He left Egypt on 26 March 1916 and arrived in France five days later.
He was wounded in action on 25 July 1916, on the third day of the Battle of Pozieres. Shortly after he returned from hospital, he was transferred to the 2nd Light Trench Mortar Battery on 4 September 1916. While he spent much of 1917 in and out of hospital with various skin complaints, often caused by the terrible conditions endured in the trenches, his unit saw further action at Menin Road and Broodseinde Ridge during September and October 1917.
He also participated in the defeat of the German Spring Offensive at Hazebrouck in April 1918. His unit was still in this region on 13 June 1918 when he was mortally wounded by German artillery fire while in the line at Strazeele, about 5 km east of Hazebrouck.
He was evacuated to the advanced dressing station of the 2nd Australian Field Ambulance however died of his wounds later the same day and was buried in the Borre British Cemetery.
Source: Extract from "Clunes Soldiers Memorial Panel" by Robert Wight, June 2022.
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