CAMPBELL, Murdock Cameron Prentice
| Service Number: | 2878 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Corporal |
| Last Unit: | 59th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Lanark, Scotland, 28 April 1892 |
| Home Town: | Not yet discovered |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Tram Conductor |
| Died: | Killed In Action, Belgium, 29 November 1917, aged 25 years |
| Cemetery: |
Cabin Hill Cemetery, Belgium |
| Memorials: | Haymarket NSW Government Railway and Tramway Honour Board |
World War 1 Service
| 3 Nov 1916: | Involvement Private, 2878, 59th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '20' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Afric embarkation_ship_number: A19 public_note: '' | |
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| 3 Nov 1916: | Embarked Private, 2878, 59th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Afric, Sydney | |
| 29 Nov 1917: | Involvement Corporal, 2878, 59th Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 2878 awm_unit: 59th Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Corporal awm_died_date: 1917-11-29 |
Great Sydney Central Station Honour Board
Murdock Cameron Prentice CAMPBELL, was born on 28 April 1892 at Lanark, Scotland. He began working for the NSW Tramways as a casual conductor in Sydney on 25 December 1912 and was made permanent a year later. He was released from duty to join the Expeditionary Forces on 18 September 1916.
At the time of his enlistment he was married to Jessey, though it would seem they had no children. He left Australia through Sydney aboard HMAT ‘Afric’ on 3 November 1916 and arrived in Plymouth on 9 January 1917. After further training in England he proceeded overseas through Le Havre and was taken on the strength of the 59th Battalion in March. He was appointed Lance Corporal in August and was detached to the 15th Australian Infantry Brigade as Camp Warden at the end of September. He returned to the 59th Battalion in October and was promoted to Corporal.
He was killed in action on 29 November 1917 near Kilo Farm when a chance shell exploded close to him, killing him and W E Stephens (1753) instantly, and was buried in the Cabin Hill Cemetery, just N of Messines, by Rev E H O Nye. He was known by the nickname MCP – his initials.
Submitted 17 May 2023 by John Oakes
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