Campbell, Charles (Charley) Austin: Service no. 654376

Source: Duty Nobly Done Honour Roll

Find-A-Grave Commemoration Plot, Canada.

Thanks to Sharon Munro have a line on a soldier who served with the 18th Battalion. Attached is the main photograph and a crop. I believe that Private Charles Austin Campbell, reg. no. 654376 is the young man to the left of the soldier with the mustache. As Sharon indicates that Campbell is the 24th soldier from the left and finding him exactly depends on how you count out the men.

PTE. AUSTIN CAMPBELL, a son of Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Campbell, of East Wawanosh, enlisted with the 161st Battalion in January, 1916, and went to France in February, 1918, and at the battle of Arras he paid the supreme sacrifice, being killed by a sniper.

Annotation 2019-05-21 114025 — The Signal. September 26, 1918. Page 1.

Summary of Service for Private Charles Austin Campbell, reg. no. 654376

Date	Event	Remarks
June 25, 1889	Born	East Wawanosh Township, Huron County, Ontario Canada to Mr. and Mrs. Charles Campbell.
January 31, 1916	Enlists at Wingham, Ontario	Enlist as a private with the 161^st Overseas Battalion at the age of 26-years and 7-months. He is a farmer standing 5’7“ tall and lists his residence address as R.R. #1 Belgrave, Ontario. He is single and has no prior military experience.
April 19, 1916	Anti-Typhoid Inoculation
April 27, 1916	Anti-Typhoid Inoculation
July 21 1916	Vaccinated
September 1916	Assigns Pay	Assigns $20.00 per month to this mother, Mrs. Annie Campbell.
October 11, 1916	Signs Will	Assigns his real and personal estate to his father. The will is witness by Privates Norman Leslie Butcher and another soldier.
November 1, 1916	Embarks for England	Leaves Halifax, Nova Scotia.
November 11, 1916	Arrives England	Arrives at Liverpool.
December 14, 1916	Appointed Acting/Lance-Corporal	Appointed Acting/Lance-Corporal with pay at Dibgate Camp, England.
February 2, 1917	Appointed Acting/Corporal.	Appointed Acting/Corporal with pay at Witley Camp, England.
April 19, 1917	Appointed Acting/Sergeant	Appointed Acting/Sergeant with pay at Witley Camp, England.
April 26, 1917	Attended Bombing School	Attended 5^th Division Bombing School.
February 28, 1918	Reverts to Acting/Corporal	Reverts to a lower rank in preparation for embarking to the Continent for service with the 18^th Battalion.
February 28, 1918	Arrives in France at the No. 2 Canadian Infantry Brigade Depot	Arrives Etaples, France.
March 12, 1918	Arrives at the 18^th Battalion	Arrives “In the Field” to the 18^th Battalion. The Battalion is at St. Lawrence Camp in the Vimy area.
April 28, 1918	Reverts to Ranks	Reverts to the rank of private.
August 27, 1918	Killed in Action	Battalion very active in the Guemappe Sector. Suffers 15 killed and 150 wounded during action.
July 12, 1920	Certified Location of Grave	C.W.G.C. report certifies the location of Private Campbell’s grave as plot II.A.9 at the Tigris Lane Cemetery, Wancourt, Pas-de-Calais, France. He is buried with seven of his fellow Battalion mates.