Murdoch (Sixer) Campbell
- Born: 16 Apr 1897, Footscray, Melbourne, Victoria Australia
- Marriage (1): Irene Mary Wood in 1925 in Victoria Australia
- Died: 22 Jul 1976, Echuca, Victoria Australia at age 79
General Notes:
Campbell, Murdoch
Service Number: 1502
Rank/Calling: Gunner
Unit: 36 Australian Heavy Artillery Group - 13 to 21 Reinforcements (SAB) [Siege Artillery Brigade] (November 1917 - October 1918)
Ship Name: SS Gaika
Ship Number:
Date of Embarkation: 30/07/1918
Place of Embarkation: Sydney
Murdoch Campbell enlisted in the Australian Permanent Force on 21/6/1916.
On the Certificate of Medical Examination Murdoch is described as - age - 19 years and 2 months, height - 5 feet 7 and three quarter inches, weight - 154 pounds, chest measurement - 37 and a half inches/39 and a quarter inches, complexion - fresh, eyes - grey, hair - dark brown and religious denomination - Presbyterian.
The records don’t show the period between enlisting in 1916 and 1918.
Murdoch Campbell enlisted in the Australian Imperial Force on 26/6/1918. His next of kin was his father - Alexander Campbell, 83 Commercial Road, Footscray, Victoria. Murdoch ‘s occupation was a Sawyer and he had been apprenticed for 4 and a half years to H. V. Deslandes, Swanston Street, Melbourne.
On the Certificate of Medical Examination Campbell is described as - 21 years and two months, height - 5 feet 8 inches, weight - 160 pounds, chest measurement - 37/40 inches, complexion - dark, eyes - blue, hair - black and religious denomination - Presbyterian. His distinctive marks were - 3 vacs left arm.
On the 24/10/1918 Murdoch was in hospital at Devon, England with Infuenza.
He proceeded overseas to France on 28/1/1919
Campbell was granted leave from 13/5/1919 to 13/8/1919 with pay only. Reason:- farming A. Campbell, Tendallon Farm, Evanton near Dingwell, Scotland. A letter of Report of College or Firm dated 2 Sep 1919 records:- This employer states that Gunner Campbell took a lively interest in any work given him and seemed anxious to learn all he could in connection with English farming method.
Campbell returned to Australia per “Euripides” from England and was discharged on 4/11/1919
Noted events in his life were:
• Occupation: Sawyer.
Murdoch married Irene Mary Wood, daughter of Richard (Dick) Wood and Elizabeth Keeble, in 1925 in Victoria Australia. (Irene Mary Wood was born in 1903 in Richmond, Victoria Australia, died on 2 Nov 1983 in Echuca, Victoria Australia and was buried on 4 Nov 1983 in Springvale Crematorium, Victoria Australia.)
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