John CAMPBELL

Regimental number45073
Date of birth21 March 1894
Place of birthRiversdale
ReligionPresbyterian
OccupationLabourer
Age at embarkation32
Height5' 7"
Weight134 lbs
Next of kinMother, Mrs Jessie Campbell, Post Office, Wendon via Riversdale
Previous military serviceServed in the 7th Mounted Rifles; still serving at time of NZEF enlistment.
Enlistment date3 October 1916
Place of enlistmentGore
Rank on embarkationPrivate
Enlistment statusVolunteer
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, 24th Reinforcements (1st Draft), Otago Infantry Regiment, D Company
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on board HMNZT 81 Devon on 5 April 1917
Final rankPrivate
Final unit2nd Battalion, Otago Infantry Regiment
FateKilled in Action 12 October 1917
Place of burialNo known grave
Commemoration detailsTyne Cot Memorial (New Zealand Apse, Panel 3), Zonnebeke, Belgium
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records		Parents: Hugh (b. Scotland) and Jessie (b. New Zealand) Campbell, Wendon, Riversdale, Invercargill
Other details

War service: Western Front

Embarked Wellington, 5 April 1917; disembarked Devonport, England, 11 June 1917, and marched in to Sling Camp.

Proceeded overseas to France, 6 July 1917; joined 2nd Bn, Otago Infantry Regiment, in the field, 11 August 1917.

Reported missing in action, 12 October 1917; Court of Enquiry, 19 November 1917, confirmed fate as killed in action, Belgium, 12 October 1917.

45150 Pte W.G. SCARLETT, 14th Company, 2nd Bn, Otago Infantry Regiment, stated: 'I saw Campbell on the morning of the 12th Oct. 1917 during the operation at Belle Vue Spur coming back wounded & when just opposite me he was sniped & fell over into a shell hole. I did not see him move again. I tried to get on to him but every time I moved the enemy fired at me.'

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNominal Roll Vol. 3: Roll 59, p. 10
Archives New Zealand (Wellington), Agency AABK, Series 18805, File 21891806