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Military service
Service number:
B/64140
Age:
30
Rank:
Corporal
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Queen's Own Rifles of Canada, R.C.I.C.
Division:
1ST Bn.
Birth:
October 21, 1913
Glasgow, Scotland
Enlistment:
June 20, 1940
Toronto, Ontario
Death:
October 17, 1944
Netherlands
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
II. D. 8.
Additional information
Son of Donald and Mary Campbell, of Toronto, Ontario. Husband of Katherine Mary Campbell, of Toronto. Brother of Hugh, Allan, Colin, Annie, Agnes, Kate and Mary.
Additional citations
1939-1945 Star; France and Germany Star; Defence Medal; War Medal (1939-45); Canadian Volunteer Service Medal
Digital gallery of Corporal Hector Campbell
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Newspaper Clipping
Corporal Campbell enlisted in The Queen's Own Rifles in June 1940 upon mobilization for overseas service. He served with the Regiment in Newfoundland, in Sussex, New Brunswick, and in England prior to D-Day. He was in Support Company on D-Day and survived the Normandy campaign. Corporal Campbell was killed when his WASP hit a mine in the attack on Ijzendijke (Scheldt). -
Obituary
This obituary of Corporal Campbell was clipped from a Toronto newspaper in 1944 by Mrs. Josie McQuade. -
Gravemarker
This photo of Cpl Campbell's gravemarker was taken in June 2003. -
Cemetery
Cross of Sacrifice - Adegem Canadian War Cemetery - April 2017 … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Grave Marker
Adegem Canadian War Cemetery - April 2017 … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Entrance
Adegem Canadian War Cemetery - April 2017 … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Cemetery
Adegem Canadian War Cemetery - April 2017 … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Star November 1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram November 1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram November 1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Star November 1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Corporal Hector Campbell
Digital gallery of
Corporal Hector Campbell
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 266 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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