Ernest Wellesley CAMPBELL

Regimental number10/1203
Date of birth13 June 1885
Place of birthWanganui
ReligionPresbyterian
OccupationFarmer
AddressWiritoa, Wanganui
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation29
Height6' 0"
Weight160 lbs
Next of kinMother, Mrs D Campbell, Cassika 403, Santiago, Chile, South America
Previous military serviceServed in Wanganui Highlanders; left the district; not serving in any military unit at time of NZEF enlistment.
Enlistment date20 October 1914
Place of enlistmentTrentham
Rank on embarkationPrivate
Enlistment statusVolunteer
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, 2nd Reinforcements, Wellington Infantry Battalion
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on board Willochra on 14 December 1914
Final rankLance Sergeant
Final unitWellington Infantry Regiment
FateKilled in Action 8 August 1915
Age at death from cemetery records30
Place of burialNo known grave
Commemoration detailsChunuk Bair (New Zealand) Memorial (Panel 18), Gallipoli, Turkey
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Daisy Campbell, Casilla 403, Santiago de Chile; and the late Robert A. Campbell
Other details

War service: Egypt, Gallipoli

Embarked Alexandria to join the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force (Gallipoli Campaign), 12 April 1915.

Appointed Lance Corporal, 7 May 1915.

Promoted Corporal, 12 May 1915.

Promoted Lance Sergeant, 16 July 1915.

Reported missing, 8 August 1915.

Board of Enquiry, held at Moascar Camp, Ismailia, 16 January 1916, concluded: 'Now believed to be dead'.

War service: 287 days (of which 238 days were abroad)

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Miscellaneous detailsNominal Roll Vol. 1: Wellington Infantry Batln/Second
SourcesArchives New Zealand (Wellington), Agency AABK, Series 18805, File 21891704