Son of Thomas John Campbell and Edna Alice Britton, of Zeilandia, Saskatchewan.
He got his basic training with the army, service number L-602122, under the 1940 National Resources Mobilization Act, number M-18511 of Notice of Call. Lost at sea on 26 June 1943, his body was washed ashore and found on 8 July 1943 in Haarlingen, Netherlands, where he was buried.
His two brothers also served overseas during the Second World War with the Royal Canadian Air Force; Frederick Campbell and S.J. Campbell. They both survived the war.
HARLINGEN GENERAL CEMETERY Netherlands
Harlingen, a town and port on the seaboard of the Waddenzee 38 kilometres west of Leeuwarden and 28 kilometres north-west of Sneek, is the port for the Frisian Islands of Vlieland and Terschelling. The HARLINGEN GENERAL CEMETERY is on the northern outskirts of the town, about 1 kilometre from the station. The British plot is to the left of the main path in the south-western part of the cemetery.
Pour plus d’informations, visitez la Commission des sépultures de guerre du Commonwealth (site disponible en anglais seulement).
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