CAMPBELL, Allan
| Service Number: | 4631 |
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| Enlisted: | 21 June 1915, Ballarat West, Vic. |
| Last Rank: | Lance Sergeant |
| Last Unit: | 58th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Clunes, Victoria, Australia, 1896 |
| Home Town: | Maryborough, Central Goldfields, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Mechanical Dentist |
| Died: | 19 June 1950, cause of death not yet discovered, place of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Fawkner Memorial Park Cemetery, Victoria |
| Memorials: | Clunes Soldiers Pictorial Honour Roll |
World War 1 Service
| 21 Jun 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 4631, 8th Infantry Battalion, Ballarat West, Vic. | |
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| 28 Jan 1916: | Involvement Private, 4631, 8th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '9' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Themistocles embarkation_ship_number: A32 public_note: '' | |
| 28 Jan 1916: | Embarked Private, 4631, 8th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Themistocles, Melbourne | |
| 1 Apr 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 58th Infantry Battalion, Egypt | |
| 19 Jul 1916: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 4631, 58th Infantry Battalion, Fromelles (Fleurbaix), SW to head/face. Evacuated to hospital (France). Rejoined unit 13 August 1916. | |
| 30 Nov 1916: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 4631, 58th Infantry Battalion, 'The Winter Offensive' - Flers/Gueudecourt winter of 1916/17, SW to eyes. Evacuated to CCS. Rejoined unit 29 December 1916. | |
| 10 Apr 1917: | Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 58th Infantry Battalion, France | |
| 20 Jun 1917: | Promoted AIF WW1, Corporal, 58th Infantry Battalion, France | |
| 26 Apr 1918: | Involvement AIF WW1, Corporal, 4631, 58th Infantry Battalion, Villers-Bretonneux | |
| 2 Sep 1918: | Involvement AIF WW1, Corporal, 4631, 58th Infantry Battalion, Mont St Quentin / Peronne | |
| 15 Sep 1918: | Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Sergeant, 58th Infantry Battalion, France | |
| 29 Sep 1918: | Wounded AIF WW1, Lance Sergeant, 4631, 58th Infantry Battalion, Breaching the Hindenburg Line - Cambrai / St Quentin Canal, SW to right arm. Evacuated to UK. Never rejoined unit. | |
| 16 Apr 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Lance Sergeant, 4631, 58th Infantry Battalion, RTA 15 January 1919 and discharged (TPE). |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Robert Wight
Allan Campbell, aged just 19, enlisted in the AIF at Ballarat West on 21 June 1915. He left Australia on 28 January 1916 and arrived in Egypt a month later. On 1 April 1916 he was transferred to the 58th Battalion. He arrived in France on 23 June 1916 and saw action for the first time at Fromelles, where he was wounded on 19 July 1916.
After re-joining his battalion, he was wounded a second time, in the front line near Flers, on 30 November 1916. He was promoted to Lance Corporal in April 1917 and then to Corporal in June 1917. On 18 July 1917 he travelled to England where he was attached to the 15th (Brigade’s) Training Battalion at Hurdcott Camp in Wiltshire. He remained in a training role until 31 December 1917, when he returned to France and re-joined the 58th Battalion on 5 January 1918.
He saw further action during the German Spring Offensive during March – April 1918, and then during the Allied offensive from 8 August 1918. During one of the last actions for the AIF in the war, he was wounded for a third time on 29 September 1918 during the successful attack on the Hindenburg Line.
After recuperating from his wounds, he left England in January 1918 and arrived back in Australia, where he was discharged in Melbourne on 16 April 1919.
Source: Extract from "Clunes Soldiers Memorial Panel" by Robert Wight, June 2022.
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