John CAMPBELL

Regimental number48165
Date of birth22 November 1886
Place of birthAwahuri
ReligionPresbyterian
OccupationDairy farmer
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation30
Height5' 6.5"
Weight119 lbs
Next of kinMother, Mrs J Campbell, Awahuri
Previous military serviceNil
Enlistment date5 March 1917
Rank on embarkationPrivate
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, 25th Reinforcements, F Company
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on board HMNZT 83 Tofua on 26 April 1917
Final rankPrivate
Final unit3rd Battalion, Otago Infantry Regiment
FateCommenced return to New Zealand 19 December 1918
Other details

War service: Western Front

Embarked Wellington, 26 April 1917; admitted to ship's hospital, 13 July 1917 (influenza); discharged, 15 July 1917; disembarked Devonport, England, 20 July 1917, and marched into Sling Camp.

Admitted to 3rd NZ General Hospital, 6 September 1917; taken on strength, NZ Command Depot, Codford, from hospital, 20 September 1917.

Proceeded overseas to France from Sling Camp, 20 October 1917; joined 3rd Bn, Otago Infantry Regiment, and posted to 8th Company, 9 November 1917.

Admitted to No 3 NZ Field Ambulance, 1 December 1917 (diarrhoea), and transferred same day to 3rd Canadian Casualty Clearing Station; to 3rd Canadian General Hospital, Boulogne, 3 December 1917; to 7th Convalescent Depot, 15 December 1917; to 25th General Hospital, 7 January 1918 (scabies); to 1st Convalescent Depot, Boulogne, 17 January 1918; rejoined Bn and posted to 8th Company, 13 May 1918.

Detached to Base Depot, Etaples, 6 June 1918.

Commenced return to New Zealand from Liverpool on board 'Oxfordshire', 19 December 1918; discharged (no longer physically fit for War Service [deformed toes, both feet]), 2 March 1919.

Total war service: 1 years 363 days (of which 1 year 283 days was abroad)

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNominal Roll Vol. 3: Roll 62, p. 20
Archives New Zealand (Wellington), Agency AABK, Series 18805