CAMPBELL, Lewis Edgar
(Service number 2/2594)
| First Rank | Bombardier | Last Rank | Bombardier |
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Birth
| Date | Unknown | Place of Birth |
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Enlistment Information
| Date | Age | ||
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| Address at Enlistment | |||
| Occupation | Sheep farmer | ||
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| Marital Status | |||
| Next of Kin | William Campbell (brother), Christchurch Meat Co, Christchurch | ||
Military Service
| Served with | NZ Armed Forces | Served in | Army |
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Embarkation Information
| Body on Embarkation | NZEF | ||
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| Unit, Squadron, or Ship | 9th Reinforcements NZ Field Artillery | ||
| Date | 8 January 1916 | ||
| Transport | Maunganui | ||
| Embarked From | Wellington | Destination | Suez, Egypt |
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| Last Unit Served With | NZ Field Artillery | ||
Military Awards
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Award Circumstances and Date
No information
Prisoner of War Information
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Death
| Date | 11 October 1917 | Age | |
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| Place of Death | Ypres, Belgium | ||
| Cause | Killed in action | ||
| Memorial or Cemetery | Divisional Cemetery, Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium | ||
| New Zealand Memorials | On Memorial wall, Timaru; Waimate First World War Memorial | ||
Biographical Notes
Lewis Edgar Campbell was the son of John Robert Campbell of Southbridge, Canterbury, NZ. Lewis became a farmer in Motu, Gisborne. He married Marthanna Price in 1911 and in 1913 they had their first child, Margaret who unfortunately died aged only six days. Sadly his wife died shortly after on 6 April 1913. Both Little Margaret and wife Marthanna Campbell are buried in the Makaraka Cemetery in Gisborne.
Sources
Cenotaph Nov 2013
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Carol Bell, SC branch NZSG & Timaru Herald
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