Neill Branch Campbell

1915 - 1941  (26 years)

• Name	Neill Branch Campbell
  Birth	15 Feb 1915	Toorak, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Military Service	16 Oct 1934	Melbourne Victoria Australia
  	Enlisted in the Australian Militia Forces for a period of three Years and served in 5 Field Battery. See the attached Pdf document for full details.
  Military Service	15 Dec 1938	Enlistment into the Australian Militia
  	Neill enlisted in the Australian Militia on 15 Dec 1938 for a period of 3 years and served in 5th Battalion. See attached Pdf file for full details.
  		Enlistment in the Australian Militia - Neil Branch Campbell This is a copy of the military service records of Nel Branch Campbell's Enlistment in the Australian Militia he did two stretches of 3 years from 1934 until 1940. Serving first in 5 Field battery and then in 5 Battalion.
  		Certificate of Service - Australian Militia - Neill Branch Campbell This is a summary of Neill Branch Campbell's service in the Australian Militia in 1939.
  		Neil Branch Campbell This photo was taken at Puckapunyal Army Camp in Victoria Australia in February 1940, Neil was in the AIF and undergoing training.
  War Service	15 Dec 1939	World War II
  	Neill Branch Campbell enlisted into 2/5 Australian Infantry Battalion on 15 Dec 1939 Service Number - VX9022 and served with it until he was killed in action in Syria on 12 July 1941
  Death	12 Jul 1941	Syria
  Burial	Beirut War Cemetary, Hassan Khaled Street, Assas, Lebanon
  		Burial Details of Neill Branch Campbell Corporal Neill Branch Campbell VX9002, AIF 2/5Bn. Australian Infantry died 12 July 1941 Age 26 and is buried in the Beirut War Cemetry, Grave Reference 1.E.1
  		Location of Beirut War Cemetery The Beirut War Cemetery is located on Jalloul, in the Assas Area which is to the west of the Forest of Pines. The cemetery is next to a French Cemetery and near to an electricity company and is divided into two separate sections for First World War and second World War Burials, on opposite sides of the road. GPS Co-ordinates 33.869765, 35.505313
  		Map of the Beirut War Cemetery This Cemetery is located on Jalloul, in the Assas Area which is to the west of the Forest of Pines. GPS Co-ordinates: 33.869765, 35.505313 (or +33? 52' 11.15" N, +35? 30' 19.13" E)
  		Corp Neill Branch Campbell Burial location Corporal Neill Branch Campbell is buried in the Beirut War Cemetery and his grave is located in plot 1.E.1.
  Person ID	I7945	Tucker Family Tree
  Last Modified	23 Aug 2011

  
  

  Father	Colin Henry Campbell,   b. 1885, Glebe, New South Wales, Australia
  Mother	Dorathea Altman
  Family ID	F2464	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

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  [S34] National Archives of Australia, 1939 - 1941 (Reliability: 3). CAMPBELL NEILL BRANCH : Service Number - VX9022 : Date of birth - 15 Feb 1915 : Place of birth - TOORAK VIC : Place of enlistment - WARRNAMBOOL VIC : Next of Kin - CAMPBELL COLIN