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CAMPBELL, Donald Gordon
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 765 |
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| Enlisted: | 25 April 1915, Blackboy Hill, WA |
| Last Rank: | Second Lieutenant |
| Last Unit: | 51st Infantry Battalion (WW1) |
| Born: | Toorak, Victoria, Australia, 1885 |
| Home Town: | Geraldton, Western Australia |
| Schooling: | Melbourne C of E Grammar School; Victoria, Australia |
| Occupation: | Station Overseer |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Mouquet Farm, France, 3 September 1916 |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Kings Park Western Australia State War Memorial, Melbourne Cricket Club Roll of Honour 1914 - 1918, Melbourne Grammar School WW1 Fallen Honour Roll, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 2 Nov 1914: | Involvement Private, 765, 11th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Ascanius embarkation_ship_number: A11 public_note: '' | |
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| 2 Nov 1914: | Embarked Private, 765, 11th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ascanius, Fremantle | |
| 25 Apr 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 765, 11th Infantry Battalion, Blackboy Hill, WA | |
| 25 Apr 1915: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 765, 11th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, GSW to arm. Rejoined unit 13 June 1915. | |
| 15 Mar 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Corporal, 51st Infantry Battalion (WW1), Egypt | |
| 8 Aug 1916: | Promoted AIF WW1, Sergeant, 51st Infantry Battalion (WW1), Egypt | |
| 8 Aug 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Sergeant, 765, 51st Infantry Battalion (WW1), Battle for Pozières | |
| 3 Sep 1916: | Promoted AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, 51st Infantry Battalion (WW1), France | |
| 3 Sep 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, 51st Infantry Battalion (WW1), Mouquet Farm, Killed in action | |
| 3 Sep 1916: | Involvement Second Lieutenant, 51st Infantry Battalion (WW1), Battle for Pozières , --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: awm_unit: 51 Battalion awm_rank: Second Lieutenant awm_died_date: 1916-09-03 |
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