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CAMPBELL, George
(Service number 49869)

Aliases
First Rank	Private	Last Rank	Private

Birth

Date	07/06/1876	Place of Birth	Timaru, Canterbury

Enlistment Information

Date	21 February 1917	Age	40 yrs 8 mths
Address at Enlistment	82 Herriot Row, Dunedin
Occupation	Salesman (National Mortage Angency Coy, Ltd)
Previous Military Experience
Marital Status	Single
Next of Kin	Mrs Mary CAMPBELL (mother), Marston Street, Timaru
Religion	Presbyterian
Medical Information	Height 5 feet 7 inches. Weight 144 lbs. Chest measurement 34-38 inches. Complexion fresh. Eyes blue. Hair light brown. Eyes both 6/6. Hearing good. Colour vision normal. Limbs and chest well formed. Full movement of joints. Heart and lungs normal. Only trivial illnesses. free from hernia, varicocele, varicose veins, haemorrhoids, inveterate or contagious skin disease. Vaccinated (left arm). Good bodily and mental health. No slight defects. No fits. Deemed Fit Class A.

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 Wellington Infantry Regiment, B Company
Date	9 June 1917
Transport	Willochra
Embarked From	Wellington	Destination	Devonport, England

Other Units Served With
Last Unit Served With	Wellington Infantry Regiment

Military Awards

Campaigns
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	28 August 1918	Reason	Termination of period of engagement

Hospitals, Wounds, Diseases and Illnesses

18 December 1917 sick, to hospital.

Post-war Occupations

Clerk, salesman

Death

Date	16 January 1944	Age	67 yrs
Place of Death	Dunedin
Cause
Notices
Memorial or Cemetery	Andersons Bay Cemetery, Dunedin
Memorial Reference	Block 173, Plot 26
New Zealand Memorials

Biographical Notes

George CAMPBELL was born in 1876 in Timaru, the son of Richard and Mary CAMPBELL. His father had served in the Crimean War. Richard and Mary (with children) had come to New Zealand, from Belfast, Ireland, in 1876, not long before George was born. He was educated at the Timaru Main School. In December 1882 at Timaru Main School, he was recognised for General Proficiency in Class V. In 1900 his mother's contributions of apples and other fruit to the Sailors' Rest were acknowledged. George was over 40 years of age when he enlisted. He embarked for the return to New Zealand on 8 June 1919. When George was discharged, he intended to go to Timaru, but did in fact go to Dunedin, where he was resident when he enlisted.

Sources

Cenotaph Database [10 July 2014]; N Z Defence Force Personnel Records (Archives NZ Ref. AABK 18805 W5530 0022267) [11 July 2014]; NZ Birth Indexes (DIA historical records) [10 July 2014]; Timaru Herald, 28 December 1882, 8 March 1900 (Papers Past) [12 July 2014]; NZ Electoral Rolls (ancestry.com.au) [15 July 2014]; Andersons Bay Cemetery burial record (Dunedin City Council) [15 July 2014]

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