Apr 16, 1898

Born in Claremont, (Pickering) Ontario to Robert and Sarah (nee McTavish) Campbell

Jun 12, 1915

Attested into the 35^th Battalion at Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario 

Ø      Number 404805

Ø      Next of kin given as Robert Campbell, father, 19 Virtue St., Toronto, Ontario

o       This was changed to read Mrs. Robert Campbell, step mother, when his father died January 31, 1917

Ø      Previous occupation given as Church

o       The attestation papers record it as Church, but the medical history on enlistment records it as Clerk

Ø      Previous military experience given as Queen’s Own Rifles

Ø      Religion given as Presbyterian

Ø      Assigned to “A” Company

Oct 16, 1915

Embarked the SS Metagama in Montreal, Quebec

Oct 25, 1915

Disembarked in Plymouth, England and the battalion proceeded to Shorncliffe

Apr 26, 1916

Attended the Signals Course

May 5, 1916

Upon completion of the Signals Course, he was transferred to the Brigade Signals Base with the 39^th Reserve Battalion at West Sandling

Sep 3, 1916

Transferred to the 21^st Battalion

Sep 5, 1916

Arrived at the CBD (Canadian Base Depot) in the Rouelles Camp, Havre, France as part of a draft of 41 reinforcements from England and TOS (Taken On Strength) the 21^st Battalion

Sep 6, 1916

Left the CBD as part of a draft of 483 reinforcements for the front line battalions

Sep 12, 1916

Private Campbell joined the 21^st Battalion in the Reserve Trench in the Albert Brickfields, preparing for the attack on Courcelette

Apr 9, 1917

During the Canadian Corps advance on Vimy Ridge, Pte Campbell was first declared missing, then was later found wounded

Apr 14, 1917

Admitted to the No. 3 Canadian General Hospital in Boulogne

Apr 17, 1917

Invalided to England aboard the Hospital Ship St. Andrew

On arrival in England he was admitted to the Berrington War Hospital in Shrewsbury

Posted to the EORD (Eastern Ontario Regimental Depot) for pay purposes while in hospital

May 26, 1917

Transferred to the Canadian Convalescent Hospital in Epsom

May 31, 1917

Discharged from hospital and granted 10 days sick leave with instructions to report to the 6^th Reserve Battalion at the end of his leave

Jun 10, 1917

Joined the 6^th Reserve Battalion in Seaford

Jul 11, 1917

Posted to the 21^st Battalion and on arrival at the CIBD (Canadian Infantry Base Depot) in Etaples, France was TOS the 21^st Battalion

Jul 16, 1917

Left the CIBD to join his unit

Jul 17, 1917

He joined the 21^st Battalion in Brigade Reserve for the Lens Sector in the town of Angres

Aug 15, 1917

During the heavy fighting at Hill 70, Private Campbell received multiple shrapnel wounds to his right leg and was first treated at the Regimental Aid Post

Aug 16, 1917

Admitted to the 1^st South African General Hospital in Abbeville

Aug 20, 1917

Invalided to England aboard the Hospital Ship Grantully Castle

On arrival in England he was admitted to the Royal Salop Infirmary of the Berrington War Hospital in Shrewsbury

Posted to the EORD for pay purposes while in hospital

Sep 22, 1917

Transferred to the Canadian Convalescent Hospital in Epsom

Sep 24, 1917

Transferred to the Manor County of London War Hospital

Nov 3, 1917

Transferred to the Canadian Convalescent Hospital in Epsom

Nov 19, 1917

Discharged from hospital and posted to the 6^th Reserve Battalion in Seaford

Feb 27, 1918

Reported to be AWL (Absent Without Leave) from 1.30 pm until Reveille the following day.  He was fined 7 days pay plus the forfeiture of pay for the 2 days absence

Jan 3, 1919

Attached to the CCC: KP (Canadian Concentration Camp: Kinmel Park) in Rhyl pending return to Canada

Jan 11, 1919

Embarked the SS Olympic in Southampton

TOS District Depot No. 2 in Toronto

Jan 17, 1919

Disembarked in Halifax, Nova Scotia and proceeded to Toronto, Ontario

Jan 21, 1919

Arrived at the Exhibition Camp, Toronto and granted leave with subsistence until February 4, 1919

Feb 4, 1919

Medical Board at the Exhibition Camp, Toronto, determined that he was suffering from Endocarditis, an infection of the inner layer of the heart.

Feb 10, 1919

Discharged from the CEF in Toronto, Ontario 

Ø      Rank on discharge Private

Ø      War Service Badge Class “A” issued

Ø      Proposed residence on discharge 19 Virtue St., Toronto 

Following his discharge, the British War Medal and Victory Medals were sent to him at 19 Virtue St., Toronto, Ontario

Nov 11, 1920

Married to Liza “Lillie” Jane Lightbody in Toronto, Ontario

Feb 13, 1944

Peter Campbell died in Amherstburg, Ontario of Coronary Sclerosis and was buried in the Rosedale Cemetery, Amherstburg.