Soldier profiles
Name : CAMPBELL, ANDREW JOHN KELVIN
Service Number : VX20419
Date of Birth : 07/03/1901
Place of Birth : PORT MELBOURNE, VIC
Known as :
Occupation on Enlistment :
Date of Enlistment : 04/06/1940
Locality on Enlistment : PORT MELBOURNE, VIC
Place of Enlistment : CAULFIELD, VIC
Next of Kin : CAMPBELL, IDA
Rank (at time of discharge / death) : CRAFTSMAN
Service : ARMY
Final Posting : 2/2 PIONEER BATTALION
Position / Platoon / Company (as 2/2 Pioneer) (date / details) :
Unit Transfers / Promotions (date / details) : 2/1 HEADQUARTERS GUARD BATTALION
Theatres of War :
Actions :
Wounded (date / details) :
Discharged : 02/01/1943
Date Died : 21/07/1944
Age at Death : 43
Community Roll of Honour : PORT MELBOURNE (VIC)
Buried Location / Memorial (P.O.W., D.O.W., K.I.A.) : FAWKNER MEMORIAL PARK CEMETERY, MELBOURNE, VICTORIA, AUSTRALIA. / AUSTRALIAN WAR MEMORIAL COMMEMORATIVE AREA PANEL 76 SUPPLEMENTARY PANEL 8
K.I.A. (date / details) : N/A
D.O.W. (date / details) : N/A
M.I.A. (date / details) : N/A
P.O.W. (location/s) : NO
Died P.O.W. (date / details) : N/A
P.O.W. Camps (details) : N/A
Recovered P.O.W. (location/s) : N/A
Honours and Gallantry : None for display
Applicable Australian War Memorial circulars : NO
References found (entries & photos) : National Archives of Australia (Barcode 6205578 [NOT EXAMINED], Barcode 32463287 [OPEN]), WW2 Nominal Roll
Background : Died of illness in Victoria, Australia. Posted to the 2/2 Pnrs on the 6 June 1940. Evacuated to 1 AGH on 11 Oct 1941 and thence posted to the HQ Guard Bn, he did not thereafter return to the 2/2 Pnrs.
CAMPBELL.? On July 21, at Repatriation Hospital, Caulfield, Andrew John ÿ Kelvin, dearly loved husband of Ida Campbell of 43 Nott-street, Port Melbourne, loving father of Andrew, loved eldest son of the late Andrew and Martha Campbell, and fond brother of Bob, Colin, Ethel and Pearl, aged 43 years. Late 2/2nd Pioneers, 2nd A.I.F. Dearly loved.ÿ Age, 22 July 1944, p. 10
CAMPBELL.? In loving remembrance of my dear husband, Andrew, who passed away at the Repatriation Hospital, July 21, 1944. Late 2/2nd Pioneers. To us he will never grow old, but live for ever in our memory. ? inserted by his wife and son, Ida and Andrew. Age, 20 July 1946, p. 9.
