Walter Stanley CAMPBELL MC

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CAMPBELL, Walter Stanley

Service Number:	Officer
Enlisted:	Not yet discovered
Last Rank:	Second Lieutenant
Last Unit:	Unspecified British Units
Born:	1888, place not yet discovered
Home Town:	Walgett, Walgett, New South Wales
Schooling:	Melbourne Grammar School
Occupation:	Station Manager
Died:	Killed In Action, Les Bouefs, France, 7 October 1916
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God"
Memorials:	Melbourne Grammar School WW1 Fallen Honour Roll, Thiepval Memorial

World War 1 Service

28 Jul 1916:	Honoured Military Cross, "For Conspicuous Gallantry"
7 Oct 1916:	Wounded Second Lieutenant, Officer, Unspecified British Units, Killed in action, shot in the temple as he jumped up to lead his men out of the trench to attack. Served in the British Army - 1st London Regiment Royal Fusiliers

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Biography contributed by Faithe Jones

Walter Stanley Campbell

Who was killed in action in France on 7th October 1916 was the younger son of the late Mr. J.A. Campbell. He was born in 188 and entered the Melbourne GrammarPreparatory School in 1899 and came up to the Melbourne Grammar Senior School in 1901, leaving in 1906. He was associated with his brother in the management of Dungalear Station, and going to England received a commission in the 1st London Regiment Royal Fusiliers. After doing his training at Inns of Court O.T.C. he arrived in France in March 1916. He was given by his Colonel the choice of men to pick and with those he picked he scouted in No Man's Land. In that work he received a wound to his hand and had to return to England for a couple of months, but was awarded the M.C. on 28th July 1916 'for conspicuous gallantry. On reconnaissance, and when leading a covering party to mark new lines, though wounded, he showed great courage and resource. It was not till he had made every effort to carry out his duties that he consented to go back and have his wounds dressed." After his return to France he took part in the fighting on the Somme, and was killed at Les Bouefs, being shot in the temple as he jumped up to lead his men out of the trench to attack. A fellow-officer writes of him; "he was as brave as a lion and daring as anyone I have ever known."

Source : War Services Old Melburnians 1914 - 1918

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