(NX123323) Campbell, Albert Andrew 'Khaki' (Private)

Places	Oceania: New Guinea1, Papua New Guinea, Papua, Owen Stanley Range, Kokoda Trail Oceania: New Guinea1, Papua New Guinea, Papua, Port Moresby Oceania: Pacific Islands, Bismarck Archipelago, New Britain, Gazelle Peninsula, Rabaul Area, Rabaul
Accession Number	S01606
Collection type	Sound
Measurement	28 min 39 sec
Object type	Oral history
Physical description	audio cassette; brand unknown; mono
Maker	Campbell, Albert Andrew 'Khaki' Raxworthy, Richard Edwin
Date made	6 January 1992
Access	Open
Conflict	Second World War, 1939-1945
Copyright	Item copyright: © Australian War Memorial This item is licensed under CC BY-NC
Copying Provisions	Copyright restrictions apply. Only personal, non-commercial, research and study use permitted. Permission of copyright holder required for any commercial use and/or reproduction.

Description

Albert Andrew 'Khaki' Campbell as a private 9th Australian Field Ambulance, 1942-1945, interviewed by Richard Raxworthy via telephone.

History / Summary

Early life; called up for military service; sent to Rocky Creek outside Townsville; sent to Port Moresby; volunteering to serve on Kokoda Trail with signals troop; stationed at communications station at Nauro; mentioned in dispatches for carrying injured signaler back down the trail; treating natives and signalers; first ambulance group to return to Australia; posted to Kenmore Psyciatric Hospital, Goulburn, NSW; then posted to Rabaul on New Britain.