William CAMPBELL

CAMPBELL, William

Service Number: 20076
Enlisted: 15 November 1915, Perth, Australia.
Last Rank: Corporal
Last Unit: 8th Field Artillery Brigade
Born: Tillicoultry, Clackmannanshire, Scotland, 26 November 1887
Home Town: Subiaco, Nedlands, Western Australia
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Farmer / Labourer
Died: Killed in Action, France, 30 March 1918, aged 30 years
Cemetery: Heilly Station Cemetery
Plot VII; Row A; Grave A INSCRIPTION HE GAVE HIS YOUNG LIFE FOR HIS COUNTRY & THOSE HE LOVED UNTIL WE MEET , Heilly Station Cemetery, Mericourt-L'Abbe, Picardie, France
Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour
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World War 1 Service

15 Nov 1915: Enlisted Australian Army (Post WW2), Gunner, 20076, Perth, Australia.
30 Nov 1915: Enlisted AIF WW1, Gunner, 20076
20 May 1916: Involvement Gunner, 20076, 8th Field Artillery Brigade , --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '4' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Medic embarkation_ship_number: A7 public_note: ''
20 May 1916: Embarked Gunner, 20076, 8th Field Artillery Brigade , HMAT Medic, Melbourne
30 Mar 1918: Involvement Corporal, 20076, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 20076 awm_unit: 8th Australian Field Artillery Brigade awm_rank: Corporal awm_died_date: 1918-03-30

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Biography contributed by Julianne Ryan

Born 26/11/1887 at 3 High Street, Tillicoultry, Clackmannanshire, Scotland.

Father Thomas Campbell and Mother Christina Pow Campbell (nee Kerr), of Cairnton Street, Tillicoultry.

Brothers
Hugh Campbell - Private 5903 or S/5903 Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders 12th Bn. 
Born at 14 Union Street, Tillicoultry on 04/01/1890.
Wife:  Mary Ann Hamilton Campbell (nee Bell), of 137 Main Street, Sauchie
          formerly of 17 or 19 Cairnton Street, Tillicoultry (married at Tillicoultry on 30/04/1909).
Occupation: coal miner at Bessie Glen Mine.
Father of three.
He enlisted at Alloa on 12/10/1914, aged 23 years and 9 months.
He went to France on 21/09/1914.
Died of concussion following the accidental explosion of a rifle grenade on 21/10/1915, aged 25, in France.
Buried in:  Citadel New Military Cemetery, Fricourt, France
                Plot III; Row A; Grave 2.
His name is commemorated at Tillicoultry War Memorial.
His widow remarried and moved to Australia.

Alexander Campbell - Corporal in the Seaforth Highlanders 2nd Bn
He was awarded the Croix de Guerre for rescuing a despatch rider wounded in both legs.

Wife:  Gladys Campbell, of 1 Short Street, Subiaco, Western Australia

Son:  Arthur William Campbell

 

Described on enlisting as 30 years of age; 5' 4 1/4" tall; 117 lbs;
fresh complexion; blue eyes; brown hair; Presbyterian

15/11/1915  enlisted in Perth, Western Australia

19/05/1916  appoined to 8th Field Artillery Brigade, 32nd Battery, Maribyong Camp

20/05/1916  embarked Port of Melbourne, Victoria, onboard HMAT A7 Medic
                   as a Gunner with 8th Field Artillery Brigade, 32nd Battery
18/07/1916  disembarked into Plymouth, England

30/12/1916  proceeded overseas to France, ex Southampton, England
                   with 8th Field Artillery Brigade, 108 Howitzer Battery

24/05/1917  promoted Temporary Bombardier in the field

16/07/1917  detached to Rest Camp
31/07/1917  rejoined Brigade in the field

07/09/1917  reverted to Gunner with 8th Field Artillery Brigade

06/10/1917  promoted to Bombardier in the field

22/12/1917  promoted to Corporal

Aussie mates of William's
- 19171 Gunner Duncan Taylor and
- 22372 Bombadier Thomas Shembrook
sent letters of condolences to wife Glady.

30/03/1918  killed in action in the field, France, aged 32

buried in:     Heilly Station Cemetery, Mericourt-L'Abbe
                   Plot VII; Row A; Grave 4

Medals:        British War medal (40151); Victory medal (39758)
                   Memorial Plaque and Scroll (342110)

His name is commemorated on:
- Panel 15 at the Australian War Memorial, Canberra, ACT
- Tillicoultry War Memorial

Submitted by Julianne T Ryan.  01/04/2017.  Lest we forget.

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Biography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon

8th Bde.Australian Field Artillery-Battery 32.

He was 32 and the son of Christina Pow Campbell nee Kerr of Cairnton Street, Tillicoultry; husband of Gladys Campbell, of 1, Short St., Subiaco, Western Australia and sometime of 10 Ruby Street, Leederville, Western Australia. They had a son, Arthur William Campbell.

Previous military service Served in Scotland

Rank on enlistment  Gunner

AWM Embarkation Roll number 13/36/1

Unit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A7 Medic on 20 May 1916

Age at embarkation 30

War service: Egypt, Western Front

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