Identity
Person No.
16662
Service No.
6249
Last Name
First Name
Jack Campbell
Initials
J C
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
25
Death Record
Date of Death
Cause code
DOW 2,734
Died of wounds
Military Service
Location
Country
Locality
Cemetery
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Notes
Son of Adelaide Laura Heorne (formerly Miller), of Fairland, New Amalfi, East Griqualand, South Africa, and the late Charles H. Miller.
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K.M. Jordan — DLI research (ABW / WWI ROH)
K.M. Jordan, Durban Light Infantry: WWI Roll of Honour ("Work in Progress" draft, July/Aug 2026; email to John/Bobby, 3 Sep 2026). Local file data/jordan_dli_wwi_roh_2026-08.pdf (Downloads: "1. Durban Light Infantry WWI ROH - July, Aug 2026.pdf"). WWI ROH #95. Sergeant MILLER, Jack Campbell, age 25, Force No 6249, 1st South African Infantry Brigade: Born Breidbach, King Williams Town, Cape Colony 18/8/1890; a clerk with the SAR&H before enlistment; served with the Durban Light Infantry in GSWA 1914-1915; enlisted with the 2nd Regiment; appointed Bombing Instructor (temporary sergeant) May 1916; gravely wounded in grenade accident during training at Bordon, Hampshire, England 25/6/1916; died of his wounds four days later. Buried/commemorated: Bordon Military Cemetery, Hampshire, England. (Also, on St. Cyprian’s Anglican Church; the Durban Light Infantry & the Durban Cenotaph WWI Memorials and on the SAR&H WWI Memorials in Durban & Bloemfon…
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