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John Robert Campbell

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    John Robert AWMM
  • Surname
    Campbell AWMM
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    Male AWMM
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  • Address before enlistment
    WW2 Dunedin AWMM
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Biographical information

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  • Son of John and Mary Eliza Cecilia Campbell, of Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand.

    Circumstances of death: SS Derrynane was en route from Lourenco Marques for Immingham with 8209 tonnes of Iron ore when she was attacked and sunk by German heavy cruiser Admiral Hipper. The ship blew up, killing all aboard.

    A Donkeyman looks after the deck machinery AWMM

Death

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    12 February 1941 AWMM
    Age 26 AWMM
    North Atlantic Ocean, Atlantic Ocean AWMM
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Memorial

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    Tower Hill Memorial, Trinity Square, London, England AWMM

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Sources

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    • British merchant vessels lost or damaged by enemy action during Second World War, 3rd September 1939 to 2nd September 1945 AWMM
    • Tennent, A. (2001). British and Commonwealth Merchant Ship Losses to Axis Submarines 1939-45. Gloucestershire, England: Sutton Publishing. AWMM
    • New Zealand Deaths Register - Merchant Navy, Archives New Zealand, Wellington (R160611) AWMM
    • Atkinson, N. (2005). Hell or high water : New Zealand merchant seafarers remember the war. HarperCollins in association with the Ministry for Culture and Heritage. AWMM

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