Campbell, Henry Albert

Gosford District Casualties of World War One Bragg, Edmund Allen Campbell, Henry Albert

Service Service Number Number 1494 2082 Killed in Action 19th May 1915 Killed in Action 9th November 1917 Gallipoli Peninsula Westhook Ridge & Zonnebeke near Passchendaele, Belgium

Gosford City Council gratefully acknowledges the voluntary efforts of Benalyn Campbell And Vivienne Tranter in compiling this resource

The information in this file has been extracted from official records held in the The Australian War Memorial and National Archives of Australia (ÂŠ Commonwealth of Australia [National Archives of Australia] 2013) Further information on this soldier may be found online at: Commonwealth War Graves The AIF project Content advisory: This file may potentially contain disturbing accounts of service-related injury and death, disease and family grief. Adult supervision is recommended for children using these resources. Individual files should be viewed within the context provided by wider research on service conditions in the 1 st AIF. This resource is presented by Gosford City Council for research purposes only. Please note that copyright for resources contained within remains with the original copyright owners.

NAME

Campbell, Henry Albert

SERVICE NO

2082

UNIT

1st Pioneers, 3rd Rienf.

RANK

Private

AGE at Enlistment

34 yrs 8 mths

PLACE OF BIRTH

Gosford, NSW

ADDRESS

Narara, NSW

OCCUPATION

Stockman

DATE OF ENLISTMENT

16 Feb 1916

PLACE OF ENLISTMENT PREVIOUS SERVICE

West Maitland, NSW

NEXT OF KIN

RELIGION

Wife, Gertrude Amelia Campbell- Maitland Rd Narara Parents Hugh & Rebecca Campbell. Height-5’11”.Weight-160lbs. Chest-35-38” Complexion-Dark. Eyes-Brown. Hair-Brown. Scar R/Knee & R/Forearm/ slight varicocele left C/E

EMBARKED

Sydney 3 May 1916 per A46 “Clan MacGillivray”

DISEMBARKED

Suez 13 Jun 1916

PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION

9 days AIF discharged Med. Unfit.

NOTES WOUNDED/ILLNESS DIED

KIA 9 Nov 1917 –Westhook Ridge & Zonnebeke near Passchendaele

BURIED

About half way up the ridge in a shallow gve.

MEDALS DEPENDANTS

British War Medal-39089, Victory Medal-38769. Memorial Plaque & Scroll338384 Wife -Gertrude Amelia, Daughter- Evelyn Joan

PERSONAL EFFECTS

1 Testament, I Prayer Book, Photos, 1 Card.

WILL

Yes

CORRESPONDENCE REMARKS

He had the look of a man who had roughed it. He had a small moustache.

RED CROSS REPORT

Yes

Sc Ancestry Listed as Albert Henry CAMPBELL Birth;- 30/4/1882 Gosford Parents Hugh Campbell & Rebecca nee Smith Married;- 1904 Waverley to Gertrude Amelia Hewitt NSW Births;Campbell-Alfred H 1882-29099 ptns Hugh & Rebecca reg Brisbane Water

Gosford Times 22.11.17 ROLL OF HONOR CAMPBELL – Killed in action in France on 9th November, Henry, youngest son of the late Hugh and Rebecca Campbell, of Wyoming, Gosford, aged 34 years.

Sydney Morning Herald 23.11.1917. ROLL OF HONOR CAMPBELL – Killed in action in France on 9th November, Henry, youngest son of the late Hugh and Rebecca Campbell, of Wyoming, Gosford, aged 34 years.

Gosford times 23.11.1917. Mr C. Hills, manager of the Commercial Bank, has just completed two memorial tablets to be presented by the Narara Soldiers Recognition Association to relatives of two Narara soldiers killed in action, viz, Sergeant A. P. Curtis, killed in action in France on October 22, 1917, and Private Harry A Campbell, killed in action in France 9th November, 1917. The tablets bear excellent likenesses of the deceased soldiers. The designs, which are executed in water color, represent the typical Anzac in ----, bearing the Australian ensign, whilst, a trumpeter is seen outlined against the dawn sounding the “Last Post”. The tablets are works of art, and we congratulate Mr Hills upon the dexterity and originality displayed.

Abridged record/s courtesy of the National Archives of Australia (NAA) Series No: B2455 Item Barcode: 1853987

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