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Military service
Service number:
R/168048
Age:
28
Rank:
Leading Aircraftman
Force:
Air Force
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Canadian Air Force
Division:
459 (R.A.A.F.) Sqdn
Birth:
August 16, 1915
Belfast
Enlistment:
June 3, 1942
Hamilton, Ontario
Death:
February 3, 1944
Cap Azzaz, near Tobrouk, Libya
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
9. B. 2.
Additional information
Son of John Campbell and Evelyn Maude Beattie. Husband of Sarah Brennen Potts Campbell, of Hamilton, Ontario. Father of George Evelyn Campbell.
He served in Ontario, in England, and in Libya. He had 596 days of service, including 210 overseas.
Additional citations
War Medal 1939-1945, Canadian Volunteer Service Medal and Clasp
Digital gallery of Leading Aircraftman George Campbell
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Knightsbridge War Cemetery, Acroma
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Biography
Entry from Torontonensis, University of Toronto yearbook, 1941. Campbell graduated in Pharmacy. -
Group Photo
Group photo of Pharmacy soccer team shows Campbell in front row centre, as Captain. Seated beside him is Thomas Edmund Martin, Manager, who would also be killed in the war. From Torontonensis, University of Toronto yearbook, 1941. -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Star April 1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Leading Aircraftman George Campbell
Digital gallery of
Leading Aircraftman George Campbell
Digital gallery of
Leading Aircraftman George Campbell
Digital gallery of
Leading Aircraftman George Campbell
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 266 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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