Norman Alex CAMPBELL

Regimental number13728
Date of birth19 January 1895
Place of birthOnehunga
ReligionRoman Catholic
OccupationPresser
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation21
Height5' 6"
Weight142 lbs
Next of kinMother, Mrs C Campbell, 302 Adelaide Road, Wellington
Previous military serviceServed in the Territorial Force; still serving at time of NZEF enlistment.
Enlistment date7 March 1916
Place of enlistmentTrentham
Rank on embarkationRifleman
Enlistment statusVolunteer
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, New Zealand Rifle Brigade, 8th Reinforcements to 2nd Battalion, F Company
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on 26 June 1916
Discharge date21 March 1919
Other details

War service: Western Front

Embarked Wellington, 26 June 1916; disembarked Devonport, England, 22 August 1916; marched in to Sling Camp, 23 August 1916.

Proceeded overseas to France, 19 September 1916; posted to A Company, 1st Bn, in the field, 1 October 1916.

Detached to Reinforcements Camp, 30 May 1917; rejoined Bn, 18 June 1917.

Admitted to No 3 NZ Field Ambulance, 5 August 1917 (influenza); transferred to No 2 Australian Casualty Clearing Station, 9 August 1917; to 47th General Hospital, 11 August 1917 (influenza: severe); to England, 25 August 1917, and admitted to No 1 NZ General Hospital, Brockenhurst, 27 August 1917; to NZ Convalescent hospital, 28 September 1917; to NZ Command Depot, Codford, 18 October 1917.

Marched out to NZ Machine Gun Depot, Aldershot, 5 December 1917.

Admitted to No 1 NZ General Hospital, Walton-on-Thames, 8 December 1917.

Appointed Lance Corporal, having qualified at School, 8 May 1918; relinquished appointment of Lance Corporal, 22 July 1918.

Married Doris BOOTH, spinster, Parish Church, Didsbury, 27 November 1918.

Commenced return to New Zealand from Plymouth on board SS 'Ruapehu' with wife, 9 January 1919; discharged, 21 March 1919.

Total war service: 3 years 15 days (of which 2 years 241 days were abroad)

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
Date of death16 March 1967 Lower Hutt
SourcesNominal Roll Vol. 2: Roll 34, p. 31
Archives New Zealand (Wellington), Agency AABK, Series 18805

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