CAMPBELL, Peter Duncan
(Service number 6/3646)
| First Rank | Private | Last Rank |
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Birth
| Date | 8 June 1877 | Place of Birth | Pleasant Point |
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Enlistment Information
| Date | Age | ||
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| Address at Enlistment | Fairview | ||
| Occupation | Engineer | ||
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| Next of Kin | Mrs C. CAMPBELL (mother), King Street, Temuak | ||
Military Service
| Served with | NZ Armed Forces | Served in | Army |
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Embarkation Information
| Body on Embarkation | New Zealand Expeditionary Force | ||
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| Unit, Squadron, or Ship | 9th Reinforcements Canterbury Infantry Battalion, C Company | ||
| Date | 8 January 1916 | ||
| Transport | |||
| Embarked From | Wellington | Destination | Suez, Egypt |
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Award Circumstances and Date
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Prisoner of War Information
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Death
| Date | 31 December 1946 | Age | 68 years |
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| Memorial or Cemetery | Temuka Cemetery | ||
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Biographical Notes
Peter Duncan CAMPBELL was born on 8 June 1877 at Pleasant Point, the older son of Mr and Mrs Colin CAMPBELL of Temuka. He was serving with the Transport Service in France when his only brother Donald died of enteritis in June 1916. He transferred from Lismore School to Woodbury in June 1890. At the time of enlisting Peter was working as an engineer at Fairview, an occupation which he resumed when he returned to New Zealand.
Sources
Cenotaph Database [03 July 2015]; Timaru Herald, 6 July 1916 (Papers Past) [03 July 2015]
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