Albert Edward CAMPLING

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CAMPLING, Albert Edward

Service Number:	513
Enlisted:	18 August 1915
Last Rank:	Lieutenant
Last Unit:	20th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Penrith, New South Wales, Australia, 2 May 1873
Home Town:	Not yet discovered
Schooling:	Superior Public School, New South Wales, Australia
Occupation:	Dentist
Died:	Killed in action, France, 14 June 1916, aged 43 years
Cemetery:	Brewery Orchard Cemetery, Bois-Grenier Plot 1V, Row D, Grave 34
Memorials:	Kogarah Pictorial Honour Roll No.1

Boer War Service

1 Oct 1899:	Involvement Private, 513, New South Wales Imperial Bushmen

World War 1 Service

18 Aug 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1
6 Sep 1915:	Embarked AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 20th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ballarat, Sydney
6 Sep 1915:	Involvement AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 20th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '13' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Ballarat embarkation_ship_number: A70 public_note: ''
Date unknown:	Involvement 20th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières

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Biography contributed

20 Battalion

Rank - Lt.

5 February 1916 Admitted to Heliopolis Hospital Egypt - influenza

19 February 1916 Taken on strngth with the 56 Btn

26 February 1916 Embarked HMT Saxonia from Alexandria

3 April 1916 Disembarked at Marseilles

20 May 1616 Taken on strength with the 20 Btn

Also served in the Boer War. Served as Captain in the Kogarah Militia

Son of George and Eliza Campling. Husband of Mary Elizabeth Campling, Regent Street, Kogarah, New South Wales. Native of Penrith, New South Wales.

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