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CAMPBELL, Robert Thomas
(Service number 43206)

Aliases
First Rank	Trooper	Last Rank	Trooper

Birth

Date	03/12/1896	Place of Birth	Ballymena, Ireland

Enlistment Information

Date	29 November 1916	Age	19 years 11 months
Address at Enlistment	Methven
Occupation	Farmer
Previous Military Experience	Territorial 8th South Canterbury
Marital Status	Single
Next of Kin	Mrs S. CAMPBELL (mother), 9 Te Weka Street, Timaru
Religion	Presbyterian
Medical Information	Height 5 feet 8 inches. Weight 11 stone 7 lbs. Chest measurement 33-37 inches. Complexion ruddy. Eyes blue. Hair fair. Sight - both eyes very sufficent, 6/6. Hearing & colour vision both normal. Limbs well formed. Full & perfect movement of all joints. Chest well formed. Heart & lungs normal. Teeth sufficient. No illnesses. Free from hernia, varicocele, varicose veins, haemorrhoids, inveterate or contagious skin disease. Vaccinated. Good bodily & mental health. No slight defects. No fits. Fit.

Military Service

Served with	NZ Armed Forces	Served in	Army
Military District

Embarkation Information

Body on Embarkation	New Zealand Expeditionary Force
Unit, Squadron, or Ship	26th Reinforcements, Mounted rifles
Date	31 May 1917
Transport	Moeraki
Embarked From	Wellington	Destination	Suez, Egypt

Other Units Served With
Last Unit Served With	Canterbury Mounted Rifles

Military Awards

Campaigns	Egyptian Expeditionary Force
Service Medals	British War Medal; Victory Medal
Military Awards

Award Circumstances and Date

No information

Prisoner of War Information

Date of Capture
Where Captured and by Whom
Actions Prior to Capture
PoW Serial Number
PoW Camps
Days Interned
Liberation Date

Discharge

Date	9 September 1919	Reason	On termination of period of engagement

Hospitals, Wounds, Diseases and Illnesses

Post-war Occupations

Farmer

Death

Date	13 May 1977	Age	80 years
Place of Death	Christchurch
Cause
Notices
Memorial or Cemetery
Memorial Reference
New Zealand Memorials

Biographical Notes

Robert Thomas Campbell, born in 1896 at Ballymena, Ireland, was the youngest son of Samuel and Sarah (née Davison) Campbell. Robert was initially rejected for the military forces as he was ubder age. On 22 June 1921 at the Albury Presbyterian Church, Robert married Sarah Simpson.

Sources

Auckland War Memorial Museum Cenotaph Database [05 May 2017]; N Z Defence Force Personnel Records (Archives NZ Ref. AABK 18805 W5530 0022454) [05 May 2017]; Albury Presbyterian Church marriage record (South Canterbury Branch NZSG records) [05 May 2017]; NZ Electoral rolls (ancestry.com.au) [05 May 2017]

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