CAMPBELL, James Chippindall

A Southern Downs Veteran

CONFLICT : WWII
SERVICE NO : 634
RANK : Pilot Officer
UNIT : 3rd Squadron
ENLISTMENT DATE : 8/01/1940
AGE : 22
PLACE OF ENLISTMENT : Archerfield, Queensland
PLACE OF BIRTH : Charters Towers, Queensland
RELIGION : Unknown
PRE-WAR OCCUPATION : Journalist
DATE OF DEATH : 25/01/1941
PLACE OF BURIAL : El Alamein, Egypt

MEMORIALS : Warwick SCOTS PGC College Memorial, Toowoomba Grammar School WW2 Honour Board, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Alamein Memorial

View this person’s Service File : James Chippindall CAMPBELL

NOTES : James was killed in action when the plane he was flying was attacked by enemy aircraft. He was buried by the Padre at Segnali. After the war Graves Registration Units attempted to retrieve the remains of men and women like James who were buried in isolated graves. Unfortunately the body of James Chippindall Campbell was never located and therefore has no known grave.  James was the only child of Robert and Dorothea Campbell. He attended Toowoomba Grammar School and SCOTS PGC in Warwick. While at SCOTS College he was a member of the Cadet Corps. James was the Melbourne Editor of the Sydney Daily Telegraph and married Ann Cormack on the 29th June 1940.

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