Rank: Lieutenant
Regimental Number: 1009
Place of Birth: Fremantle, Western Australia
Address: 10 Alcester Gardens(WW1), East Fremantle, Western Australia
Next of Kin: Mother, Mrs Campbell
Enlistment Date: 4 September 1914
Unit Name: 12th Battalion, H Company
Age embarkation: 26
Marital Status: Single
Occupation: Chemist
Date of Death: 28/12/1917
Place of Burial: Kandahar Farm Cemetery (Plot II, Row H, Grave No. 5), Neuve-Eglise, Belgium
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Lieutenant JOHN ALEXANDER CAMPBELL
Lieutenant John Alexander Campbell, a son of Jane and the late Malcolm Campbell, was born and educated at Spalding, S.A. He enlisted in August, 1914, and sailed two months later with the 12th Battalion. He was wounded at the Landing on Gallipoli, and after the evacuation sailed with his unit from France. He gained his Commission at Pozieres, and was Killed in action on the 27th December, 1917.
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