CAMPBELL, Colin Royal
| Service Number: | WX31335 |
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| Enlisted: | 1 August 1942 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 2nd AIF Light Aid Detachments |
| Born: | Fremantle, Western Australia, 28 May 1923 |
| Home Town: | Picton Junction, Bunbury, Western Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
| Died: | Noble Park, Dandenong, Victoria, Australia, 27 October 1976, aged 53 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
| Memorials: |
World War 2 Service
| 1 Aug 1942: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, WX31335, 2nd AIF Light Aid Detachments | |
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| 1 Aug 1942: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, WX31335 | |
| 22 May 1947: | Discharged Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, WX31335, 2nd AIF Light Aid Detachments | |
| 22 May 1947: | Discharged Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, WX31335 | |
| Date unknown: | Involvement Private, WX31335, 2nd AIF Light Aid Detachments |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Chris Buckley
Colin, the toungest of five children of Clifford Vincent Campbell (born 1890 in Clare, South Australia) and Dulcie Gibney (born 1888 in Broken Hill, NSW) was ten years of age when his mother died. His parents were married in 1910 in Boulder, WA and his father worked most of his life in the Goldfields region.
Colin enlisted in 1942 in the Australian Army, serving as a Private (Service No: WX31335) with the Australian Electrical and Mechanical Engineers 2/50 Ligh Aid Detachment.
Brothers Ivan Harold (Service No: 415506) and Fordyce Jack Charles (Service No: WX1942); and Brother-in-Law George Watson Blackwood (Service No: WX3433) also served in WWII. George was Lieutenant Colonel with the Australian Electrical and Mechanical Engineers.
Colin returned to Bunbury following his Discharge in 1947, and worked as a Apprentice Fitter before moving to Victoria, where he married Nita Joyce McCulloch (born 1932 in Tasmania). Colin and Nita settled in the Dandenong region of Victoria where Colin was a Foreman until his death in 1976. Nita died in Melbourne in 2009.