Sam Campbell (footballer)
| Sam Campbell | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal information | |||
| Full name | Samuel Cleland Campbell | ||
| Date of birth | 12 March 1891 | ||
| Place of birth | Ballarat, Victoria | ||
| Date of death | 21 October 1918 (aged 27) | ||
| Place of death | Freetown, British Sierra Leone | ||
| Original team(s) |
Spensley Street Methodists | ||
| Playing career1 | |||
| Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
| 1910 | Collingwood | 1 (0) | |
|
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1910. | |||
| Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com | |||
Samuel Cleland Campbell (12 March 1891 – 21 October 1918) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Collingwood in the Victorian Football League (VFL).
He died of illness (influenza), in British Sierra Leone, while on active service in World War I.
Family[edit]
One of the eight children of John Campbell (1836–1913) and Johanna McIntosh Campbell (1848–1915), née Matheson,[1] he was born in Ballarat, Victoria on 12 March 1891.[2]
His cousin, Sapper George McLarty (5386), who also served in the First AIF, died of pneumonia at Chester Military Hospital, in England, on 4 November 1918.[3]
Footballer[edit]
Aged 19, recruited from Spensley Street Methodists,[4] he played his only senior VFL match for Collingwood, against Carlton, at Princes Park, on 30 April 1910 (round one). Carlton won by 28 points, 9.9 (63) to 5.5 (35).[5]
Soldier[edit]
Enlisting with the First AIF on 14 May 1918, giving his occupation as clerk, and his status as single, he was engaged as part of the 12th General (Victorian) Reinforcements. He died, on active service, in transit to the United Kingdom.
Death[edit]
Private Samuel Cleland Campbell died of influenza on 21 October 1918 in a military hospital, having been put ashore from HMAT Barambah (A37) in Freetown, British Sierra Leone, en route to the United Kingdom.
Eleven of the men that had left Cape Town, South Africa with Campbell on the (overcrowded and insanitary) HMAT Barambah on 6 October 1918 had already died – ten of whom were buried at sea[6] — from the influenza epidemic that had broken out on board after embarkation, by the time the transport ship reached Freetown on 20 October 1918.[7][8][9][10][11]
He was admitted to the ship's hospital on 14 October 1918, seriously ill with influenza.
He was put ashore on 20 October 1918, and admitted to the military hospital at Tower Hill in a critical condition, suffering from influenza and pneumonia. He died the next day (i.e., seven days after his presentation for treatment).
He is buried at the Freetown (King Tom) Military Cemetery, in Sierra Leone. His name is located at panel 185 in the Commemorative Area at the Australian War Memorial.
See also[edit]
Footnotes[edit]
- ^ Deaths: Campbell, The Ballarat Courier, (Thursday, 30 September 1915), p. 2.
- ^ He was named Samuel Cleland Campbell in memory of an elder brother of the same name who had died, aged three, in 1889.
- ^ "Roll of Honour – George McLarty (5386)". awm.gov.au.
- ^ "Old Boy, "Club Notes", The Argus, (Friday, 29 April 1910), p. 9". Argus. 29 April 1910.
- ^ Carlton's Strong Side: To Good for Collingwood, The Argus, (Monday, 2 May 1910), p. 5; Carlton (9.9) Beat Collingwood (5.5), The Age, (Monday, 2 May 1910), p. 11.
- ^ Smith (2010), p. 244.
- ^ Service Record, p. 56.
- ^ Alleged Insanitary Transport: South Australian Soldiers on Board: Twenty-Five Deaths in Six Days, The (Adelaide) Register, (Saturday, 23 November 1918), p. 7.
- ^ The Troopship Barambah, The Age, (Monday, 25 November 1918), p. 9.
- ^ Life on a Troopship: The Case of the Barambah: A Ministerial Statement: Seventeen Deaths, The Leader, (Saturday, 30 November 1918), p. 37.
- ^ Troopship Scandals: Accumulating Evidence: Disgusting Transport Conditions: Overcrowding and Underfeeding: Dirt, Disease, and Damnation, The (Perth) Truth, (Saturday, 4 January 1919), p. 5.
References[edit]
- Smith, M.S. (2010). The Relationship between Australians and the Overseas Graves of the First World War, PhD dissertation, Queensland University of Technology.
- World War I Nominal Roll: Samuel Cleland Campbell (61590)
- World War I Embarkation Roll: Samuel Cleland Campbell (61590)
- Died on Service: Campbell, The Argus, (Saturday 9 November 1918), p. 11.
- Victorian Casualties: List No.447 Issued: Died Other Causes (Campbell, S. C.), The Argus, (Thursday, 28 November 1918), p. 9.
- Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour – Samuel Cleland Campbell (61590)
- Australian War Memorial "Circular": Samuel Cleland Campbell (61590)
- World War I Service Record: Samuel Cleland Campbell (61590)
- Commonwealth War Graves Commission Casualty Details: Campbell, Samuel Cleland
- The AIF Project: Samuel Cleland Campbell (61590)
External links[edit]
- Sam Campbell's playing statistics from AFL Tables
- Sam Campbell at AustralianFootball.com
- Sam Campbell, at Collingwood Forever.
