Memories of My Father by Allastair Campbell

MEMORIES OF MY FATHER JAMES WILLIAM CAMPBELL

 WHO SERVED IN GALLIPOLI AND FRANCE

My father James William Campbell, (known as Bill) served in Gallipoli and France in the 1^st World War. The allies and the Germans used to have a cease fire so that they could go out into the battlefield to bring back the dead and wounded. My father went out to look for a mate but met a man by the name of Jack Broadbent who was also wounded.

After the war my father bought a 1,000 acre farm 12 miles south of Narrandera in NSW and it turned out that his neighbour was the same Jack Broadbent who lived on 6,000 acres. They became good friends and Jack bought a 1926 Ford Model T truck and he gave it to my father in gratitude for his assistance. This truck remains with the family today and it has been fully restored in my father’s memory.

My father put his age down and he joined up again for the 2^nd World War and he served at Myrtleford Prison Camp in Victoria and then in Innisfail in Queensland.

I was 7 years old when he died on 3 January 1950 and so this is how I became involved in Legacy.

Allastair Campbell