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CAMPBELL, James
(Service number 7/2369)

Waimate War Memorial, pictured in 2011 — (South Canterbury Museum 2013/155.33 #01)

Waimate War Memorial (left panel), pictured in 2011 — (South Canterbury Museum 2013/155.33 #04)

Aliases	Frederick
First Rank	Trooper	Last Rank	Private

Birth

Date	Unknown	Place of Birth	Australia

Enlistment Information

Date		Age
Address at Enlistment
Occupation	Labourer
Previous Military Experience
Marital Status
Next of Kin	Mrs A. Campbell (mother), Mornington, Dunedin
Religion
Medical Information

Military Service

Served with	NZ Armed Forces	Served in	Army
Military District

Embarkation Information

Body on Embarkation	NZEF
Unit, Squadron, or Ship	11th Reinforcements Canterbury Mounted Rifles, C Squadron
Date	1 April 1916
Transport	Maungati or Tahiti
Embarked From	Wellington	Destination	Suez, Egypt

Other Units Served With
Last Unit Served With	Canterbury Infantry Regiment, 2nd Battalion

Military Awards

Campaigns
Service Medals
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		Reason

Hospitals, Wounds, Diseases and Illnesses

Post-war Occupations

Death

Date	15 September 1916	Age
Place of Death	Somme, France
Cause	Killed in action
Notices
Memorial or Cemetery	Caterpillar Valley (NZ) Memorial, Caterpillar Valley Cemetery, Longueval, Somme, France
Memorial Reference
New Zealand Memorials	On Memorial wall, Timaru; Waimate First World War Memorial; Waituna War Memorial?

Biographical Notes

Frederick (James) Campbell was the son of Mrs H. Lyders (formerly Campbell), late of Waitiri, Central Otago

Sources

Cenotaph Nov 2013

External Links

Researched and Written by

Carol Bell, SC branch NZSG & Timaru Herald

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