Canadian Virtual War Memorial
George Campbell
In memory of:
Leading Aircraftman George Campbell
February 3, 1944
Cap Azzaz, near Tobrouk, Libya
Military Service
R/168048
28
Air Force
Royal Canadian Air Force
459 (R.A.A.F.) Sqdn
War Medal 1939-1945, Canadian Volunteer Service Medal and Clasp
Additional Information
August 16, 1915
Belfast, Ireland
June 3, 1942
Hamilton, Ontario
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.
Commemorated on Page 266 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.
Burial Information
KNIGHTSBRIDGE WAR CEMETERY
Libyan Arab Jamahiriya
9. B. 2.
KNIGHTSBRIDGE WAR CEMETERY is 25 kilometres west of Tobruk, in open country south of the main road from Tobruk to Derna and Benghazi.
Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
Digital Collection
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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. -
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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. -
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Newspaper clipping – From the Toronto Star April 1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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