Trooper

Malcolm Hugh Campbell

Conflict: 
WW1
Additional Information: 

Son of the late Duncan and Alexa Campbell.

References:
  • CWGC
  • Archives New Zealand
NZ WAR GRAVES

Biographical Notes:

Death of A Gisborne Soldier: Trooper Malcolm Campbell Dies at Sea :

The sad news of the death from pneumonia, of Trooper Malcolm Campbell, on January 10th, was received yesterday afternoon by the local Defence authorities. Trooper Campbell was one of the members of the Legion of Frontiersmen who joined the 3rd Reinforcements. He was the owner of the Mangamaia Station, near Watatutu…. Secretary of the Whatatutu Polo Club and a keen player.

 

Trooper Campbell leaves two brothers, Mr Duncan Campbell and Trooper M.J.S.Campbell … [Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLll, Issue 13587, 15/01/1915]

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Personal Tributes:

Casualty

Service Number: 
9/682
Name:
Malcolm Hugh Campbell
Rank: 
Trooper
Date of Birth:
Not known
Next of Kin: 
Mrs A. Campbell (mother), Whatatutu, Gisborne, New Zealand
Date of Enlistment:
Not known
Unit:
NZEF, New Zealand Mounted Rifles Brigade, Otago Mounted Rifles

Casualty Details

Cause of Death:
Date of Death:
10 January 1915
Day of Death:
Sunday
Age at Death: 
44
Conflict: 
WW1

Embarkation Details

Embarkation Body:
2nd Reinforcements
Embarkation Place:
Wellington, New Zealand
Embarkment Date:
14 December 1914
Transport:

HMNZT 13
HMNZT 14
HMNZT 15
Vessel:
Verdala or Willochra or Knight of the Garter
Destination:
Suez, Egypt

Text in italics supplied by Cenotaph Online, Auckland War Memorial Museum

Cemetery

Cemetery Location: 
New Zealand
Malcolm Hugh Campbell
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