Lance Corporal Sydney Campbell
- Rank
- Lance Corporal
- Service number
- 1111
- Unit
- 11 Battalion
- Cause of death
- Died of Wounds
- Place of death
- Birmingham, England
- Date of death
- 28 November 1916
- Age
- 23
- Plaque number
- MW8A
- Co-located plaques
- MW8 - PTE Abel Porter
- Dedicated by
- Friends on 25 June 2005
- More information
Biography presented during plaque dedication:
Lance Corporal Sydney Campbell was born in September 1892 and, as his mother was single, he was placed in the Subiaco Boys Orphanage in 1898.
There he met another young boy, William Bailey, who Sydney became best mates with and it was William's great grandson, Robert Danze, who requested the dedication of Sydney's plaque.
Both the boys left the orphanage in 1907 and were apprenticed to a farmer at Irwin River. Sydney enlisted in 1914 and William in 1915.
In 1915, Private Campbell had been posted to 11 Battalion and landed at Gallipoli where he survived and then embarked for France.
In May 1916, he was promoted to Lance Corporal and wounded at Pozieres. He rejoined his battalion in September but was again wounded at Zonnebeke which resulted in his death on 2 December 1916. He was aged 23.