CAMPBELL, Walter
Service Number: | 2706 |
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Enlisted: | 28 December 1915, Ballarat, Victoria |
Last Rank: | Sapper |
Last Unit: | 2nd Tunnelling Company (inc. 5th Tunnelling Company) |
Born: | Sebastopol, Victoria, 1874 |
Home Town: | Sebastopol, Ballarat North, Victoria |
Schooling: | Sebastopol State School No 1167 |
Occupation: | Miner |
Died: | Illness (pleurisy), Belgium, 13 February 1917 |
Cemetery: |
Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery Plot XI, Row A, Grave 18 |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Magpie State School Honor Roll Book, Magpie State School No. 2271 Honour Roll |
World War 1 Service
28 Dec 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2706, Reinforcements WW1, Ballarat, Victoria | |
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29 Mar 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Sapper, 2nd Tunnelling Company (inc. 5th Tunnelling Company) | |
4 Apr 1916: | Embarked AIF WW1, Sapper, 2706, 2nd Tunnelling Company (inc. 5th Tunnelling Company), Embarked on HMAT 'A14' Euripides from Melbourne | |
13 Feb 1917: | Involvement AIF WW1, Sapper, 2706, 2nd Tunnelling Company (inc. 5th Tunnelling Company), Died of illness (pleurisy) |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
Son of Alexander and Margaret Campbell.
Walter Campbell (SN 2706) was born in Sebastopol and attended the Sebastopol State School. He was 42 years of age, a miner, and married with 4 children when he enlisted on 28th December 1915, joining the 2nd Tunnelling Company, Australian Mining Corps. He embarked from Melbourne on board the Euripides on 4th April 1916 and was serving in France when he was admitted to 10th Casualty Clearing Station with pneumonia in February 1917. His condition rapidly worsened and he died from pleurisy three days later on the 13th February. He is buried in the Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery, Belgium.
Mrs Walter Campbell, of Albert street, Sebastopol, was advised by the Defence Department that her husband, Sap W. Campbell, had been admitted to the 10th Casualty Clearing Station on 10th February, suffering from pleurisy. On Wednesday she received information that he had succumbed to his illness, after being three days in the hospital. Sapper Campbell, who left on 4th April, 1916, was a native of Sebastopol, and a member of the Old Boys' Association, and was highly respected by a large circle of friends. He leaves a widow and family of four children. Recently Mrs Campbell received a letter from her late husband, written in January, stating that he was then in good health and spirits. He was a brother of Mrs J. W. Raine, of Sebastopol.