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Military service
Service number:
748699
Age:
20
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
5th Canadian Mounted Rifles (Quebec Regiment)
Birth:
August 23, 1897
Enlistment:
Sherbrooke
Death:
October 31, 1917
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
Panel 30 and 32
Additional information
Son of the late William and Isabella Sims Campbell. In 2003, his name was found carved in one of the walls of the Goodman Tunnel under the Vimy Monument.
Digital gallery of Private Robert Chester Campbell
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Sherbrooke Monument
Cover of the original program distributed at the unveiling of the Sherbrooke WWI memorial on November 7th, 1926, and two images of the monument. The monument was designed by Mr. G. W. Hill of Montreal, Quebec with bronze figures cast in Belgium and granite from the Stanstead district. The bronze Memorial tablet lists 249 names. -
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 913 of 1024 -
Inscription
Inscription on the Menin Gate, photo courtesy of Marg Liessens.
Digital gallery of
Private Robert Chester Campbell
Digital gallery of
Private Robert Chester Campbell
Digital gallery of
Private Robert Chester Campbell
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 212 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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