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The second son of John and Elizabeth (née Hall) Campbell, John Henry Hall Campbell, who was known as Henry, was born on 25 March 1879 at Southbridge, Canterbury. He was educated firstly at Southbridge School before transferring to Esk Valley School when the family moved south in 1890. Henry won prizes at Southbridge – in 1888 for Standard II at a delayed prize-presentation, and just before leaving Southbridge, for Standard IV. He married Isabella Florence May Williams (known as May) in 1906 in Sydney, New South Wales. A daughter, Lily, had been born to John Henry Campbell in 1898-1900 – is this Lily M. born in 1898, New South Wales to John and Marian M? Lily appears not to be Isabella Florence May’s daughter. Lora May Campbell was born on 5 September 1914 at Christchurch, New Zealand to John Henry Hall and Isabella Florence May Campbell. In 1919 in New Zealand John Henry Hall Campbell married May Frankenstein. This appears to be the same May. Henry was an engine driver for the Christchurch Tramway Board when he enlisted. Henry’s father, John Campbell, of Fernhill, St Andrews, who was known “as an uncompromising enemy of wrong, and friend of right — a man of sterling worth”, died in 1905 at the Timaru Hospital following an operation. He had been instrumental in establishing the Presbyterian Church at St Andrews, was a member of the Education Board, and just a few weeks before his death he had announced his candidature for the Waitaki seat and opened his election campaign. His mother died in 1913 at Timaru, having suffered serious injuries in a trap accident at Tycho. John and Elizabeth Campbell are buried in the Timaru Cemetery. Henry’s older brother, Peter Campbell, was killed in action in 1917 in France. Several cousins served in the war, some of them losing their lives - Donald Campbell (4/697) of Temuka, who died of wounds in 1916, and his brother Peter Duncan Campbell; George Duncan Abbott who was killed in action in 1915, Ameral Christopher Abbott, who died of wounds in 1915, and their brother and sister, Charles Gordon Abbott and Fanny Abbott, who both served. Possibly 19 year old Peter Duncan Campbell who died of wounds in 1917, was a relative.

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Auckland War Memorial Museum Cenotaph Database [04 January 2018]; N Z Defence Force Personnel Records (Archives NZ Ref. AABK 18805 W5515 00008..) [… 2018]; School Admission record (South Canterbury Branch NZSG); Lyttelton Times, 31 March 1889, Press, 26 December 1890, 28 July 1905, 28 May 1908, 7 March 1938 [x 2], 14 October 1943, Timaru Herald, 27 July 1905 [x 2], 10 & 13 February 1913, Temuka Leader, 27 July 1905, Sun, 15 May 1915, 1 June 1915, Evening Post, 6 July 1917, Dominion, 19 July 1917, New Zealand Times, 19 July 1917, 12 December 1918, Star, 14 December 1918 (Papers Past) [30 April 2014; 09 July 2015; 03 & 04 January 2018]; NZ BDM Indexes (Department of Internal Affairs) [2014, 2015]; Balcairn Cemetery burial records (Hurunui District Council) [05 January 2018]; NZ Electoral Rolls (ancestry.com.au) [05 January 2018]; Probate record (Archives NZ/FamilySearch) [28 January 2018]

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