Can anyone, especially with West Otago connections, tell me about the family of this man? According to his service papers in Archway, James was born 26 July 1884, the son of Alexander and Sarah Campbell of Kelvin House, Kelso (but later, for receipt of his scroll, of Janefield Mosgiel and then in 1922 for his plaque, of 51 Harbour Terrace, Dunedin). He served in the Otago Mounted Rifles, and won his DCM the day he died, at Gallipoli. These are some of the commonest Scots names, which makes researching them difficult, but they are names that occur in my own family of Otago Campbells. I’m trying to establish who Alexander was descended from / related to. Any help would be much appreciated. _______________________ Stuart Park Kerikeri, New Zealand spark@xtra.co.nz 

James was born at Heriot and was working at Kelso when he enlisted for war. Alexander died at Waikouaiti on 12/11/1931 and his burial record states he was retired, aged 86, born in Scotland and in NZ for 65 years. Sarah died at Waikouaiti on 26/1/1928 and her burial record states she was aged 73, born Australia and in NZ for 57 years. There is no headstone on their grave in Hawkesbury cemetery. I suspect from other information I have that Alexander may have been working on the farm for the Preston family at Centrewood, Goodwood at the time Sarah died. Allan -----Original Message----- From: spark Sent: Tuesday, March 25, 2014 12:55 PM To: new-zealand-l@rootsweb.com Subject: [nz] James Campbell DCM, born Kelso 1884, killed Gallipoli 1915 Can anyone, especially with West Otago connections, tell me about the family of this man? According to his service papers in Archway, James was born 26 July 1884, the son of Alexander and Sarah Campbell of Kelvin House, Kelso (but later, for receipt of his scroll, of Janefield Mosgiel and then in 1922 for his plaque, of 51 Harbour Terrace, Dunedin). He served in the Otago Mounted Rifles, and won his DCM the day he died, at Gallipoli. These are some of the commonest Scots names, which makes researching them difficult, but they are names that occur in my own family of Otago Campbells. I’m trying to establish who Alexander was descended from / related to. Any help would be much appreciated. _______________________ Stuart Park Kerikeri, New Zealand spark@xtra.co.nz The List Guidelines http://new-zealand-l.blogspot.com/ ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to NEW-ZEALAND-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message ----- No virus found in this message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 2014.0.4354 / Virus Database: 3722/7241 - Release Date: 03/24/14