William Lachlan CAMPBELL

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CAMPBELL, William Lachlan

Service Number:	14
Enlisted:	Not yet discovered
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	5th Queensland Imperial Bushmen
Born:	Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia, 17 August 1879
Home Town:	Petrie Terrace, Brisbane, Queensland
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Not yet discovered
Died:	15 October 1959, aged 80 years, cause of death not yet discovered, place of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Mount Thompson Memorial Gardens & Crematorium, Queensland Columbarium Wall 12 Wall / panel: 12 Side: 8
Memorials:	Charters Towers Boer War Memorial Kiosk

Boer War Service

1 Oct 1899:	Involvement Private, 14, 5th Queensland Imperial Bushmen
6 Mar 1901:	Embarked Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 14, 5th Queensland Imperial Bushmen, AWM Boer War Unit Details, Murray p. 488 notes 5th QIB embarked at Pinkenba 6 Mar 1901 aboard Templemore arriving Port Elizabeth 1 Apr 1901.
25 May 1901:	Wounded Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 14, 5th Queensland Imperial Bushmen, AWM Boer War Nominal Roll, Murray p. 493 notes wounded between Bethel and Standerton 25 May 1901.
16 Nov 1901:	Discharged Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 14, 5th Queensland Imperial Bushmen, National Archives Australia- Boer War Dossier notes invalided returned to Australia aboard Aberdeen arriving Brisbane 13 Nov 1901, discharged 16 Nov 1901.

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Biography contributed by Claude McKelvey

William Lachlan Campbell was born on 17 August 1879 at Toowoomba, Queensland, a son to Lachlan Malcolm Alexander Campbell and Fanny Maria Campbell (nee Snell). He married Mabel Hodges on 21 Jun 1919 in Queensland and they had at least 2 Children.

He served in both the South African (Boer) War and WW1. First service was as a Private S.N. 14 in the 5th Queensland Imperial Bushmen, Boer War. Second service was as a Private S.N. 5367 in the 12th Infantry Battalion AIF, WW1. He was wounded during his Boer War service and again wounded twice during his WW1 service.

(sources- AWM Boer War Nominal Roll, Murray p. 493; National Archives Australia- WW1 service record).

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