~~~Transcript of Military Service, Australian Imperial Force, AIF, The Great War~~~
Service number:--- 232
Religion:--- Roman Catholic
Civilian Employment:--- Barman
Home Address:--- Gardiner Street, Alderley, Brisbane, Queensland.
Marital status:--- Married
Age on enlistment:--- 22 years and 8 months.
Next of kin:--- Wife, Mrs Jessie Campbell, Gardiner Street, Alderley, Brisbane, Queensland
Attested into AIF:--- 3rd January 1916 in Brisbane, Queensland.
Final Rank:--- Private
Final Unit:--- 13th Australian Machine Gun Company, AIF.
Embarked from:--- Sydney, New South Wales, aboard HMAT A20 Hororata, 2nd May 1916
Fate:--- Died of disease (bronchopneumonia) on 12th November 1918, 3rd Australian General Hospital, Abbeville, France.
Burial:--- Abbeville Communal Cemetery Extension, France
Medals:--- British War Medal & Victory Medal
Parents:---James Campbell and Elizabeth (Bessie) McNeil.
Wife:--- Jessie Small Simpson, married Alexander on 16th December, 1914 in Queensland.
Other details:--- Alexander Fairweather Campbell was born in 1893 in Kirkcowan, Wigtownshire, Scotland. His parents were James Campbell and Elizabeth (Bessie) McNeil. He arrived in Brisbane on 27th June 1910 on the ship Orontes from London
Alexander married Jessie Small Simpson on 16th December, 1914 at the Peoples Evangelistic Mission House in Queensland - two children, Alexander born 4.4.15 who died on 2.12.15 & Jessie born 30.11.16.He enlisted in Brisbane on 3rd January, 1916 & embarked with the 13th Machine Gun Company, 2nd reinforcements on the 20th April, 1916 on the ship Hororata. He died from Broncho Pneumonia on 12th November, 1918 at the 3rd Australian General Hospital & is buried in Abbeyville Communal Cemetery Extension.
Obituary:---IN MEMORIAM
CAMPBELL - In loving memory of my dear husband and my father, Private Alexander Fairweather Campbell who died of broncho pneumonia at Abbeyville, France on 12th November, 1918
"Yes again we hope to meet him,
when the day of life has fled
thou in heaven once more to greet him
where no farewell tears are shed"
Inserted by his sorrowing widow & little daughter Jessie
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"Gone to his rest through the pathway of duty,
giving his life that others might live
such are the words on the tablet of beauty
in letters immortal, in honour to live"
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"Sleep on dear son, in a far off land
in a grave we'll never see,
as long as life and memory last
we will remember thee"
Service number:--- 232
Religion:--- Roman Catholic
Civilian Employment:--- Barman
Home Address:--- Gardiner Street, Alderley, Brisbane, Queensland.
Marital status:--- Married
Age on enlistment:--- 22 years and 8 months.
Next of kin:--- Wife, Mrs Jessie Campbell, Gardiner Street, Alderley, Brisbane, Queensland
Attested into AIF:--- 3rd January 1916 in Brisbane, Queensland.
Final Rank:--- Private
Final Unit:--- 13th Australian Machine Gun Company, AIF.
Embarked from:--- Sydney, New South Wales, aboard HMAT A20 Hororata, 2nd May 1916
Fate:--- Died of disease (bronchopneumonia) on 12th November 1918, 3rd Australian General Hospital, Abbeville, France.
Burial:--- Abbeville Communal Cemetery Extension, France
Medals:--- British War Medal & Victory Medal
Parents:---James Campbell and Elizabeth (Bessie) McNeil.
Wife:--- Jessie Small Simpson, married Alexander on 16th December, 1914 in Queensland.
Other details:--- Alexander Fairweather Campbell was born in 1893 in Kirkcowan, Wigtownshire, Scotland. His parents were James Campbell and Elizabeth (Bessie) McNeil. He arrived in Brisbane on 27th June 1910 on the ship Orontes from London
Alexander married Jessie Small Simpson on 16th December, 1914 at the Peoples Evangelistic Mission House in Queensland - two children, Alexander born 4.4.15 who died on 2.12.15 & Jessie born 30.11.16.He enlisted in Brisbane on 3rd January, 1916 & embarked with the 13th Machine Gun Company, 2nd reinforcements on the 20th April, 1916 on the ship Hororata. He died from Broncho Pneumonia on 12th November, 1918 at the 3rd Australian General Hospital & is buried in Abbeyville Communal Cemetery Extension.
Obituary:---IN MEMORIAM
CAMPBELL - In loving memory of my dear husband and my father, Private Alexander Fairweather Campbell who died of broncho pneumonia at Abbeyville, France on 12th November, 1918
"Yes again we hope to meet him,
when the day of life has fled
thou in heaven once more to greet him
where no farewell tears are shed"
Inserted by his sorrowing widow & little daughter Jessie
-----------
"Gone to his rest through the pathway of duty,
giving his life that others might live
such are the words on the tablet of beauty
in letters immortal, in honour to live"
-----------
"Sleep on dear son, in a far off land
in a grave we'll never see,
as long as life and memory last
we will remember thee"
~~~Transcript of Military Service, Australian Imperial Force, AIF, The Great War~~~
Service number:--- 232
Religion:--- Roman Catholic
Civilian Employment:--- Barman
Home Address:--- Gardiner Street, Alderley, Brisbane, Queensland.
Marital status:--- Married
Age on enlistment:--- 22 years and 8 months.
Next of kin:--- Wife, Mrs Jessie Campbell, Gardiner Street, Alderley, Brisbane, Queensland
Attested into AIF:--- 3rd January 1916 in Brisbane, Queensland.
Final Rank:--- Private
Final Unit:--- 13th Australian Machine Gun Company, AIF.
Embarked from:--- Sydney, New South Wales, aboard HMAT A20 Hororata, 2nd May 1916
Fate:--- Died of disease (bronchopneumonia) on 12th November 1918, 3rd Australian General Hospital, Abbeville, France.
Burial:--- Abbeville Communal Cemetery Extension, France
Medals:--- British War Medal & Victory Medal
Parents:---James Campbell and Elizabeth (Bessie) McNeil.
Wife:--- Jessie Small Simpson, married Alexander on 16th December, 1914 in Queensland.
Other details:--- Alexander Fairweather Campbell was born in 1893 in Kirkcowan, Wigtownshire, Scotland. His parents were James Campbell and Elizabeth (Bessie) McNeil. He arrived in Brisbane on 27th June 1910 on the ship Orontes from London
Alexander married Jessie Small Simpson on 16th December, 1914 at the Peoples Evangelistic Mission House in Queensland - two children, Alexander born 4.4.15 who died on 2.12.15 & Jessie born 30.11.16.He enlisted in Brisbane on 3rd January, 1916 & embarked with the 13th Machine Gun Company, 2nd reinforcements on the 20th April, 1916 on the ship Hororata. He died from Broncho Pneumonia on 12th November, 1918 at the 3rd Australian General Hospital & is buried in Abbeyville Communal Cemetery Extension.
Obituary:---IN MEMORIAM
CAMPBELL - In loving memory of my dear husband and my father, Private Alexander Fairweather Campbell who died of broncho pneumonia at Abbeyville, France on 12th November, 1918
"Yes again we hope to meet him,
when the day of life has fled
thou in heaven once more to greet him
where no farewell tears are shed"
Inserted by his sorrowing widow & little daughter Jessie
-----------
"Gone to his rest through the pathway of duty,
giving his life that others might live
such are the words on the tablet of beauty
in letters immortal, in honour to live"
-----------
"Sleep on dear son, in a far off land
in a grave we'll never see,
as long as life and memory last
we will remember thee"
Service number:--- 232
Religion:--- Roman Catholic
Civilian Employment:--- Barman
Home Address:--- Gardiner Street, Alderley, Brisbane, Queensland.
Marital status:--- Married
Age on enlistment:--- 22 years and 8 months.
Next of kin:--- Wife, Mrs Jessie Campbell, Gardiner Street, Alderley, Brisbane, Queensland
Attested into AIF:--- 3rd January 1916 in Brisbane, Queensland.
Final Rank:--- Private
Final Unit:--- 13th Australian Machine Gun Company, AIF.
Embarked from:--- Sydney, New South Wales, aboard HMAT A20 Hororata, 2nd May 1916
Fate:--- Died of disease (bronchopneumonia) on 12th November 1918, 3rd Australian General Hospital, Abbeville, France.
Burial:--- Abbeville Communal Cemetery Extension, France
Medals:--- British War Medal & Victory Medal
Parents:---James Campbell and Elizabeth (Bessie) McNeil.
Wife:--- Jessie Small Simpson, married Alexander on 16th December, 1914 in Queensland.
Other details:--- Alexander Fairweather Campbell was born in 1893 in Kirkcowan, Wigtownshire, Scotland. His parents were James Campbell and Elizabeth (Bessie) McNeil. He arrived in Brisbane on 27th June 1910 on the ship Orontes from London
Alexander married Jessie Small Simpson on 16th December, 1914 at the Peoples Evangelistic Mission House in Queensland - two children, Alexander born 4.4.15 who died on 2.12.15 & Jessie born 30.11.16.He enlisted in Brisbane on 3rd January, 1916 & embarked with the 13th Machine Gun Company, 2nd reinforcements on the 20th April, 1916 on the ship Hororata. He died from Broncho Pneumonia on 12th November, 1918 at the 3rd Australian General Hospital & is buried in Abbeyville Communal Cemetery Extension.
Obituary:---IN MEMORIAM
CAMPBELL - In loving memory of my dear husband and my father, Private Alexander Fairweather Campbell who died of broncho pneumonia at Abbeyville, France on 12th November, 1918
"Yes again we hope to meet him,
when the day of life has fled
thou in heaven once more to greet him
where no farewell tears are shed"
Inserted by his sorrowing widow & little daughter Jessie
-----------
"Gone to his rest through the pathway of duty,
giving his life that others might live
such are the words on the tablet of beauty
in letters immortal, in honour to live"
-----------
"Sleep on dear son, in a far off land
in a grave we'll never see,
as long as life and memory last
we will remember thee"
Inscription
NOW THE LABOURER'S TASK IS O'ER NOW THE BATTLE DAY IS PASSED
Gravesite Details
Private, 4th Battalion, Australian Machine Gun Corps. Died of disease. Son of James and Bessie McNeil Campbell; husband of Jessie Campbell, of Jamieson St., Bulimba, Brisbane, Queensland. Native of Kirkcowan, Wigtownshire, Scotland. Age 25.
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