Allan CAMPBELL

Regimental number23/1947
Date of birth9 January 1893
Place of birthVictoria, Australia
ReligionRoman Catholic
OccupationClerk
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation22.10
Height5' 10.5"
Weight140 lbs
Next of kinMother, Mrs C E Campbell, 808 Smith Street, Ballarat, Victoria, Australia
Previous military serviceServed in Senior Cadets, Victoria; not serving in any military unit at time of NZEF enlistment.
Enlistment date16 November 1915
Place of enlistmentTrentham
Rank on embarkationRifleman
Enlistment statusVolunteer
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, New Zealand Rifle Brigade, 4th Reinforcements to 1st and 2nd Battalions, E Company
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on 4 March 1916
E Company left New Zealand on board two ships, HMNZT 47 Willochra and HMNZT 48 'Tofua'. It is not possible from the Nominal Roll to determine on which ship an individual embarked.
Final rankRifleman
Final unit1st Battalion, New Zealand Rifle Brigade
FateKilled in Action 12 October 1917
Age at death from cemetery records24
Place of burialNo known grave
Commemoration detailsTyne Cot Memorial (New Zealand Apse, Panel No 7), Zonnebeke, Belgium
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Catherine and the late Patrick Campbell. Native of Ballarat, Victoria, Australia
Other details

War service: Egypt, Western Front

Embarked Wellington, 4 March 1916; disembarked Suz, 10 April 1916.

Embarked Port Said to join the British Expeditionary Force, France, 13 April 1916; joined 1st Bn, NZ Rifle Brigade, in the field, 18 May 1916, and posted to C Company, 12 August 1917.

Attached to Australian Tunnelling (?) Company, 26 June 1916.

Attached to NZ Tunnelling (?) Company, 2 December 1916.

Rejoined unit, 21 April 1917.

On leave to United Kingdom, 12 August 1917; rejoined unit from leave, 24 August 1917.

Killed in action, 12 October 1917.

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNominal Roll Vol. 2: Roll 26, p. 28
Archives New Zealand (Wellington), Agency AABK, Series 18805, File 21891566

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