CAMPBELL, Archibald
| Service Number: | 302 |
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| Enlisted: | 23 February 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 23rd Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Chute, Victoria, Australia, 1891 |
| Home Town: | Chute, Pyrenees, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Moquet Farm, France, 25 August 1916 |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Beaufort War Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France) |
World War 1 Service
| 23 Feb 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 302, 23rd Infantry Battalion | |
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| 10 May 1915: | Involvement Private, 302, 23rd Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '14' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Euripides embarkation_ship_number: A14 public_note: '' | |
| 10 May 1915: | Embarked Private, 302, 23rd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Euripides, Melbourne |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
Son of John and Elizabeth Campbell.
PRIVATE A. CAMPBELL
Pte Arch. Campbell was the second son of the late Mr and Mrs J. Campbell, of Chute, near Beaufort, to lose his life in the war. Last Thursday his relatives were advised by the Defence Department that he had been killed in action in France on the 25th August. Prior to enlisting Pte Campbell resided at Chute, and was highly respected. He was an expert axeman, and won many contests in the district, and was also a member of the Waterloo Band. Pte Campbell left Australia some 18 months ago, and was on board the Southland when she was torpedoed. He was in the water for two hours before being rescued. Pte Campbell served in Gallipoli for over four months, and was in the evacuation. He had been in France ever since, being attached to a machine gun section. The deceased was 26 years of age, and was attached to the 23rd Battalion 6th Infantry Brigade.
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