CAMPBELL, John Alex, Lance Corporal, 12th Battalion

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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History

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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