| Date of birth |
23/03/1900 |
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| Date and unit at enlinstment (ORs) |
26/03/1919 |
Inducted C Staff captain, Royal Military College. |
| Date commissioned |
14/12/1922 |
Graduated from Royal Military College. Appointed lieutenant. |
| Other |
20/08/1923 |
Adjutant and quartermaster 36th Battalion. |
| Other |
04/11/1926 |
Attached Headquarters 1st Division. |
| Other |
1926-09-09 - 1926-11-03 |
Training in India Scots Fusi. |
| Other |
24/01/1927 |
Adjutant and quartermaster SUS. |
| Date promoted |
14/12/1930 |
Appointed captain. |
| Other |
1932-11-11 - 1934-06-05 |
Aide de camp to New South Wales Governor. |
| Other units |
01/11/1934 |
Adjutant and quartermaster 15/26th Battalion. |
| Other units |
1934-07-01 - 1934-09-30 |
Adjutant and quartermaster 26th Battalion. |
| Other |
1935-11-15 - 1938-03-24 |
Course Staff College, Camberly. |
| Other |
19/04/1938 |
Attached A Branch, Army Headquarters. |
| Other |
01/09/1938 |
Staff captain A Branch, Army Headquarters. |
| Other units |
13/10/1939 |
Seconded major 2/1st Battalion and brigade major 16th Brigade on the same day. |
| Other |
20/12/1940 |
Appointed general service officer grade 2 Operations Headquarters, 6th Division. |
| Other |
c 1941-04-02 |
Arrived Greece. |
| Other units |
1941-04-08 - 1941-05-30 |
Returned to unit, 2/1st Battalion and appointed temporary lieutenant colonel and commanding officer. |
| Other units |
1941-01-07 - 1941-01-17 |
Attached 2/5th Battalion. |
| Other |
26/06/1941 |
Reported missing in action, Crete. |
| Date captured |
31/05/1941 |
Campbell became a prisoner of war, held in Retimo. |
| Date of honour or award |
07/03/1941 |
Companion of the Distinguished Service Order 'For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty during the period from 21st December 1940 to 4th January 1941 which period embraced the preparations for, and the capture of Bardia. During the preparation period in the face of the enemy and under enemy fire, this officer continually patrolled the area selected as the point of entry for the attack. His accurate and daring reconnaissance contributed largely to the selection of the Brigade Assembly Area a |
| Date of honour or award |
11/12/1942 |
Mention in Despatches. |
| Other |
14/04/1945 |
Campbell was reported to be safe in Allied hands. |
| Date promoted |
1945-05-11 - 1945-09-16 |
Promoted lieutenant colonel and temporary brigadier commander of AIF Reception Group, United Kingdom. |
| Date returned to Australia |
21/10/1945 |
Returned to Adelaide. |
| Other |
19/11/1945 |
Appointed deputy adjutant general (I), A Branch deputy adjutant general, Headquarters AMF. |
| Other |
16/09/1945 |
Relinquished command AIF Reception Group. |
| Other |
30/09/1946 |
Appointed lieutenant colonel, Staff Corps. |
| Date of honour or award |
29/08/1946 |
Bar to Distinguished Service Order. 'Lt-Col. CAMPBELL was in command of a force of two AIF Bns at RETIMO CRETE in May 41. The role of this group was the denial of the RETIMO airstrip to the enemy. On 20 May a force of 1300-1500 paratroops was dropped to both flanks of and on top of the Australians. The Germans had powerful air support, and the Australians were isolated from the start from the rest of the garrison of Crete. Lt-Col CAMPBELL remained in command during ten days continuous and at ti |
| Other |
01/03/1947 |
Appointed director of Military Training , G Branch, director of Military Training, A Headquarters and honarary brigadier. |
| Date promoted |
18/10/1948 |
Appointed colonel, Australian Staff Corps. |
| Other |
20/05/1949 |
Brigade redesignated to 1st Brigade. |
| Other |
01/01/1949 |
Appointed temporary brigadier, commander 34th Brigade. |
| Other |
27/08/1951 |
Command Australian Military Force Company, Korea, and Brigadier in command, Administering Headquarters, British Commonwealth Occupation Force. |
| Other |
15/12/1951 |
Command Australian Military Force Company British Commonwealth Occupation Forces Korea. |
| Other |
22/07/1951 |
Transferred to Unattached List, Eastern Command. |
| Other |
11/07/1952 |
Appointed to command Australian Army Company British Commonwealth Occupation Forces Korea. |
| Date promoted |
02/11/1952 |
Appointed brigadier, Australian Staff Corps. |
| Other |
15/05/1952 |
Appointed temporary brigadier, Australian Staff Corps. |
| Other |
14/08/1953 |
Appointed commandant Australian Staff College. |
| Other |
24/05/1954 |
Appointed commandant Royal Military College. |
| Date promoted |
13/09/1954 |
Appointed major general. |
| Other |
25/05/1954 |
Appointed temporary major general, Australian Staff Corps. |
| Date of discharge |
23/03/1957 |
Transferred to the Retired List. |
