Charles James Campbell (1901 - 1942)

Born 18 Mar 1901 in Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia

Died 1 Jul 1942 at age 41 in At Sea

Biography

Charles Campbell was a Prisoner of War during World War II.

Charles Campbell died as a prisoner of war on the Montevideo Maru during the Second World War.

Charles was born in Toowoomba, QLD in 1901, the son of William Campbell, a grazier and his wife Wilhelmina Christina Johanna, nee Hess.

Charles had worked in the Territory of New Guinea from about Mar 1941 as a sawyer and timber trader at Wangarmut planatation. When the Japanese invaded in Jan 1942, he was captured at Kokopo, not far from Rabaul. He was interned as a civilian prisoner.

He died on board the "Montevideo Maru" when it was torpedoed and sunk off the coast of the Philippines on 01 Jul 1942, en route from Rabaul to Hainan where he was destined for forced labour.

He was not married.

Sources

• Birth - Queensland BDM Birth index - Charles James Campbell; Event date: 18/03/1901; Event type: Birth registration; Registration details: 1901/C/3227; Mother: Wilhelmine Christine Johanna Hess; Father/parent: William Campbell

• Death Form - National Archives of Australia - Defence - General - Information of deaths for persons lost on the MONTEVIDEO MARU - https://recordsearch.naa.gov.au/SearchNRetrieve/Interface/ViewImage.aspx?B=102239&S=32