Henry Michael CAMPBELL

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CAMPBELL, Henry Michael

Service Number:	VX31038
Enlisted:	10 June 1940, Royal Park, Vic.
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	2nd/21st Infantry Battalion
Born:	Irishtown, Tasmania, Australia , 22 November 1916
Home Town:	Albert Park, Port Phillip, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Truck Driver
Died:	Executed whilst a prisoner of the Japanese, Ambon, Netherlands East Indies, 15 February 1942, aged 25 years
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God"
Memorials:	Ambon Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial

World War 2 Service

3 Sep 1939:	Involvement Private, VX31038
10 Jun 1940:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, VX31038, 2nd/21st Infantry Battalion, Royal Park, Vic.
17 Jul 1940:	Transferred Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, 2nd/21st Infantry Battalion, Part of Gull Force.

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Biography

Son of Nicholas CAMPBELL, 22 Foysett Street, Albert Park, Vic.

Henry Michael CAMPBELL enlisted in June 1940 initially seeing service in Australia.
In December 1941 he was sent to Ambon as part of ‘Gull Force’ to defend the strategic island’s harbour and air strip. In January 1942 an overwhelmingly large Japanese force had landed on the island and after attempting to defend the area, many were killed or declared missing. Private Campbell was listed as missing on 2 February 1942. Reports were later received that he had been executed whilst a prisoner of the Japanese with his date of death given as 15 February 1942.

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