Born on 11 October 1885 in Soo City, Iowa - brother of Joseph Campbell, Calgary, Alberta - enlistment records provide the following: trade as bricklayer, single, no current or previous military service, Roman Catholic, height of 5 feet 10.75 inches, chest of 38.5 inches fully expanded, fair complexion, blue eyes, light hair.
Joined the 97th Battalion, CEF, in Estevan, Saskatchewan, on 1 April 1916 (number 261090) - taken on the strength of the 38th Battalion, CEF, on 16 or 17 February 1917 - wounded on 9 April 1917 - invalided to England on 15 April 1917.
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