Malcolm Hugh Campbell

Trooper

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 10^th, was received yesterday afternoon by the local Defence authorities. Trooper Campbell was one of the members of the Legion of Frontiersmen who joined the 3^rd 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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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:

Died of Sickness

Date of Death:

10 January 1915

Day of Death:

Sunday

Age at Death:

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:

Auckland Provincial Memorial

Cemetery Location:

New Zealand