Archie Gordon Patrick CAMPBELL

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CAMPBELL, Archie Gordon Patrick

Service Number:	QX5791
Enlisted:	31 May 1940
Last Rank:	Corporal
Last Unit:	Z Special Unit
Born:	Murwillumbah, New South Wales, Australia, 1 March 1920
Home Town:	Dalby, Western Downs, Queensland
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Jackeroo
Died:	Killed in Action, Malaya, 4 November 1944, aged 24 years
Cemetery:	Kranji War Cemetery Grave Location: 23. D. 19.
Memorials:	Australian Commando Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Dalby 'The Fallen' Honour Board, Dalby War Memorial, Operations Jaywick & Rimau

World War 2 Service

3 Sep 1939:	Involvement Corporal, QX5791, Z Special Unit
31 May 1940:	Enlisted
31 May 1940:	Enlisted Corporal, QX5791, Z Special Unit, Toowoomba, Qld, Australia
31 May 1940:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Corporal, QX5791, Z Special Unit
29 Oct 1944:	Wounded Corporal, QX5791, Z Special Unit, Malaya/Singapore, Wounded, became missing - presumed deceased, Date and Place of Death: 04/11/1944; Malaya; Review: (AWM) Roll of Honour, and (NAA) Service Record of Corporal: Archie Gordon Patrick CAMPBELL; S-NO: QX5791.
4 Nov 1944:	Discharged

CAMPBELL ARCHIE GORDON PATRICK : Service Number - QX5791

The photo I uploaded of Pat Campbell is from my famiy collection. The reverse of the photo says: Taken in Tel Aviv a few days ago. The mate Pat Campbell comes from Dalby. He contracted the same sickness as myself, we were together the first time we met up with Jerry
Reg.
Reg Bambling was my Dads cousin and he sent this photo to my Grandparents Alf & Lizzie Jones.

Submitted 16 June 2023 by Carol Berry

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Biography contributed by Elizabeth Allen

Archie Gordon Patrick CAMPBELL was born on 1st March, 1920 in Murwillumbah, New South Wales

His parents were Archie CAMPBELL & Leila SMITH who married in Murwillumbah in 1919

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His father Archie Eric Gordon CAMPBELL was a Major in the Australian Army during WW1

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