William CAMPBELL

Regimental number10/1202
Date of birth14 January 1881
Place of birthDunedin
ReligionPresbyterian
OccupationLabourer
AddressMasterton
Marital statusSingle
Height5' 6"
Weight154 lbs
Next of kinMother, Mrs A Campbell, 12 Victoria Street, Timaru
Previous military serviceNil
Enlistment date26 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 rankPrivate
Final unitWelliington Infantry Regiment
FateDied of disease 13 September 1915
Age at death from cemetery records33
Place of burialAlexandria (Chatby) Military and War Memorial Cemetery (Row F, Grave No 127), Egypt
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: William and Annie Campbell, Lawrence, Tuapeka, Dunedin, New Zealand
Other details

War service: Egypt, Gallipoli

Wounded in action, Gallipoli, 27 April 1915 (gun shot wound, buttock); admitted to 1st Australian General Hospital, Heliopolis, 1 May 1915; embarked to rejoin unit at Gallipoli, 26 May 1915; rejoined unit, 4 June 1915.

Admitted to 19th General Hospital, Alexandria, 11 September 1915, and listed as dangerously ill.

Died of enteric, 13 September 1915.

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

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