Alexander Douglas (Alick) CAMPBELL

CAMPBELL, Alexander Douglas

Service Number: 47/36028
Enlisted: 29 July 1901, 2nd Kitchener's Fighting Scouts.
Last Rank: Trooper
Last Unit: Not yet discovered
Born: Murrumburrah, New South Wales, Australia, 6 June 1878
Home Town: Bungendore, Palerang, New South Wales
Schooling: The Shore School in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Occupation: Not yet discovered
Died: Killed In Action, Paaderkall, Heilborn, South Africa, 4 October 1901, aged 23 years
Cemetery: Heilbron Cemetery, Free State, South Africa
Memorials: Bungendore St Philip's Anglican Church CAMPBELL Memorial Tablet
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29 Jul 1901: Enlisted British Forces (All Conflicts), Trooper, 47/36028, 2nd Kitchener's Fighting Scouts.
4 Oct 1901: Discharged British Forces (All Conflicts), Trooper, 47/36028, K.I.A.
Date unknown: Involvement 47/36028

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Biography contributed by Faithe Jones

Son of David and Louise CAMPBELL of Turalla, NSW

Served with 2nd Kitchener's Fighting Scouts

Particulars to hand of the death of A.D. Campbell (Bungendore), which occurred in South Africa recently.  State that while taking part in  an engagement, he was shot in the neck by an expansive bullett, dying almost immediately.