Ref ID: 51636562687
Name
John Campbell.
Description
Private John Campbell.
Life Story
Name: John Campbell.
Service Number: 299865.
Rank: Private.
Battalion:
Regiment: Royal Army Service Corps.
Born: 24th July 1898, Belfast, County Antrim.
Died: 25th February 1919.
Address: 108 Palmer Street, Belfast
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John Campbell, son of John and Agnes Gertrude Campbell, Step son of Mary Jane Campbell, lived at 108 Palmer Street, Shankill, Belfast
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John the Royal Army Service Corps on the 5th March 1915.
He was posted as part of the British Expeditionary Force to France on the 26th August 1917.
Having received furlough he returned home on the 15th February 1919.
John was a Private in the Royal Army Service Corps when he Died Due To Illness (Pneumonia)on the 25th February 1919 aged 20 years, within a Belfast Military Hospital whilst on short term leave from France.
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A local newspaper states
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Further Influenza Deaths.
Private John Campbell, M.T., R.A.S.C., has died in the Victoria Barracks from pneumonia following influenza. Deceased had about two years service to his credit, nearly all at the front. He was one of five brothers who have served their King and country, sons of Mr John Campbell, 108 Palmer Street, Belfast
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A Pension Application Form shows Mary Jane Campbell, his stepmother, as claimant.
Dependant Pension Application Forms show his father and stepmother as claimants for him, his brother Joseph Campbell and a John Tracey, their uncle, and stepmothers brother
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See brother also: 9406 Lance Corporal Joseph Campbell 1st Battalion Royal Irish Rifles.
See brother also: 15148 Private Thomas Campbell 2nd Battalion Leinster Regiment.
See half brother also: 2552 Private James Arthurs 6th Battalion Black Watch.
See half brother also: Private Leo Arthurs Leinster Regiment.
See uncle also: 9028 Private John Tracey 2nd Battalion Royal Dublin Fusiliers.
See uncle also: 23956 Lance Corporal Thomas Tracey 3rd Battalion Lancashire Regiment
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John received the British War Medal and Victory Medal.
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He is Remembered at Belfast (Miltown) Roman Catholic Cemetery, Belfast, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom.
To Remember Is To Honour
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Theme
Shankill Roll of Honour
Date
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Classification
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