Peter CAMPBELL

Regimental number20/8
Date of birth1 November 1875
Place of birthSouthbridge
ReligionPresbyterian
AddressWashdyke, Timaru
Marital statusMarried
Height5' 7.5"
Weight147 lbs
Next of kinWife, Mrs P Campbell, c/o Tripp & Rolleston, Timaru
Previous military serviceServed in the South African War (No 4374, Quartermaster Sergeant, 7th Contingent).
Enlistment date6 October 1916
Rank on embarkationSergeant
Enlistment statusVolunteer
Unit nameSamoan Relief Force, Infantry
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Auckland on board SS Talune on 27 March 1915
Final rankCorporal
Final unit1st Battalion, Canterbury Infantry Regiment
FateKilled in Action 5 December 1917
Age at death from cemetery records41
Place of burialNo known grave
Commemoration detailsButtes New British Cemetery (New Zealand) Memorial, Polygon Wood, Belgium
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: John and Elizabeth Hall Campbell; Wife: Fanny Campbell, Washdyke, South Canterbury
Other details

Enlisted, Samoan Relief Force, 12 January 1915. Served Apia, 27 March-27 September 1915. Discharged, 26 October 1915.

Embarked Wellington, 26 April 1917; disembarked Devonport, 26 July 1917; marched into Sling Camp, 27 July 1917.Proceeded overseas to France from Sling Camp, 6 September 1917.

Reverted to Temporary Corporal, 20 July 1917; rank of Corporal confirmed, 5 September 1917.

Joined 1st Bn, Canterbury Infantry Regiment, and posted to 2nd Company, 16 September 1917.

Detached to Brigade School, 20 November 1917.

Killed in action, Belgium, 5 December 1917.

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
Miscellaneous detailsNominal Roll Vol. 1: Infantry/Samoan Relief
SourcesArchives New Zealand (Wellington), Agency AABK, Series 18805

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