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Military service
Service number:
754221
Age:
22
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Central Ontario Regiment)
Division:
58th Bn.
Birth:
July 7, 1896
Enlistment:
Sudbury, Ontario
Death:
August 27, 1918
Burial/memorial information
Additional information
Digitized service file.
Digital gallery of Private Russell Clark Campbell
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Memorial
http://cefresearch.ca/wiki/index.php/Massey,_ON Memorial Plaque, Massey Legion Research by Canadian Expeditionary Force Study Group -
Circumstances of Death Registers
Source: Library and Archives Canada. CIRCUMSTANCES OF DEATH REGISTERS, FIRST WORLD WAR Surnames: Cabana to Campling. Microform Sequence 17; Volume Number 31829_B016726. Reference RG150, 1992-93/314, 161. Page 941 and 939 of 1024. Private Russell Clark Cambell’s record was torn and appears in two parts. The full text reads: While advancing to the village of Boiry Notre Dame, an enemy shell exploded close to him, a large fragment of it hitting him in the body, causing instant death. -
Inscription
His name as it is inscribed on the Vimy Memorial. Over 11,000 fallen Canadians having no known place of burial in France, are honoured on this Memorial. May they never be forgotten. (J. Stephens)
Digital gallery of
Private Russell Clark Campbell
Digital gallery of
Private Russell Clark Campbell
Digital gallery of
Private Russell Clark Campbell
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 380 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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