Pages: [1] 2

Author Topic: (Captain) Robert William Campbell  (Read 1450 times)

Offline Cramond Brig

  • RootsChat Senior
  • ****
  • Posts: 446
  • Census information Crown Copyright, from www.nationalarchives.gov.uk
    • View Profile
(Captain) Robert William Campbell
« on: Sunday 20 August 17 15:46 BST (UK) »
R W Campbell, who wrote The Kangaroo Marines in WW1 wrote that (sometime between 1900 and 1914) he lived in Australia and New Zealand and served on a Sydney paper and with the New Zealand Herald.  During his stay, he says he studied the Citizen Army.

I wonder if anyone can find details of what he did?

Offline Cramond Brig

  • RootsChat Senior
  • ****
  • Posts: 446
  • Census information Crown Copyright, from www.nationalarchives.gov.uk
    • View Profile
(Captain) Robert William Campbell
« Reply #1 on: Sunday 20 August 17 15:47 BST (UK) »
R W Campbell, who wrote The Kangaroo Marines in WW1 wrote that (sometime between 1900 and 1914) he lived in Australia and New Zealand and served on a Sydney paper and with the New Zealand Herald.  During his stay, he says he studied the Citizen Army.

I wonder if anyone can find details of what he did?

Offline CaroleW

  • RootsChat Marquessate
  • *******
  • Posts: 71,245
  • Barney 1993-2004
    • View Profile
Re: (Captain) Robert William Campbell
« Reply #2 on: Sunday 20 August 17 21:14 BST (UK) »
Duplicate post here

topics now merged
Census Information is Crown Copyright, from www.nationalarchives.gov.uk
Carlin (Ireland & Liverpool) Doughty & Wright (Liverpool) Dick & Park (Scotland & Liverpool)

Offline minniehaha

  • RootsChat Marquessate
  • *******
  • Posts: 7,303
  • "To live in hearts we leave behind, Is not to die"
    • View Profile
Re: (Captain) Robert William Campbell
« Reply #3 on: Sunday 20 August 17 21:20 BST (UK) »
Do you know when and where he died?


Minniehaha.
HAMMOND, Cainham/Caynham, Shropshire, U.K. Otago-NZ.
GALBRAITH, Ireland, Dunedin, Otago-NZ., Kensington-London, U.K.
GRANT, Sct., Dunedin, Otago-NZ., Vancouver, Canada.
GLASS, Aberdeenshire, Otago-NZ.
CAIRNEY/CARNEY/KEARNEY/Ireland, Airdrie, Scotland, Otago-NZ.
O'BRIEN Mary Ann, Limerick, Otago-NZ.
NICOL(L) James, Scotland, Otago-NZ.
SCOTT Thomas, Shetland, Otago-NZ.
MCHARDY/MCHARDIE Euphemia, Scotland, Otago-NZ.

Offline minniehaha

  • RootsChat Marquessate
  • *******
  • Posts: 7,303
  • "To live in hearts we leave behind, Is not to die"
    • View Profile
Re: (Captain) Robert William Campbell
« Reply #4 on: Sunday 20 August 17 22:38 BST (UK) »
HAMMOND, Cainham/Caynham, Shropshire, U.K. Otago-NZ.
GALBRAITH, Ireland, Dunedin, Otago-NZ., Kensington-London, U.K.
GRANT, Sct., Dunedin, Otago-NZ., Vancouver, Canada.
GLASS, Aberdeenshire, Otago-NZ.
CAIRNEY/CARNEY/KEARNEY/Ireland, Airdrie, Scotland, Otago-NZ.
O'BRIEN Mary Ann, Limerick, Otago-NZ.
NICOL(L) James, Scotland, Otago-NZ.
SCOTT Thomas, Shetland, Otago-NZ.
MCHARDY/MCHARDIE Euphemia, Scotland, Otago-NZ.

Offline Cramond Brig

  • RootsChat Senior
  • ****
  • Posts: 446
  • Census information Crown Copyright, from www.nationalarchives.gov.uk
    • View Profile
Re: (Captain) Robert William Campbell
« Reply #5 on: Sunday 20 August 17 22:50 BST (UK) »

Offline minniehaha

  • RootsChat Marquessate
  • *******
  • Posts: 7,303
  • "To live in hearts we leave behind, Is not to die"
    • View Profile
Re: (Captain) Robert William Campbell
« Reply #6 on: Sunday 20 August 17 22:54 BST (UK) »
You will also find articles about the Citizen Army in Papers Past.

Here is a sample......

https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/ME19110616.2.44?query=citizen%20army


Minniehaha.
HAMMOND, Cainham/Caynham, Shropshire, U.K. Otago-NZ.
GALBRAITH, Ireland, Dunedin, Otago-NZ., Kensington-London, U.K.
GRANT, Sct., Dunedin, Otago-NZ., Vancouver, Canada.
GLASS, Aberdeenshire, Otago-NZ.
CAIRNEY/CARNEY/KEARNEY/Ireland, Airdrie, Scotland, Otago-NZ.
O'BRIEN Mary Ann, Limerick, Otago-NZ.
NICOL(L) James, Scotland, Otago-NZ.
SCOTT Thomas, Shetland, Otago-NZ.
MCHARDY/MCHARDIE Euphemia, Scotland, Otago-NZ.

Offline rosball

  • RootsChat Marquessate
  • *******
  • Posts: 7,263
  • John Scott Henderson 1853 Scotland -1919 Vic
    • View Profile
Re: (Captain) Robert William Campbell
« Reply #7 on: Sunday 20 August 17 22:58 BST (UK) »
There is a good description here of  his time in Australia
http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article135278565

Ros

adding : It's written by a literary journalist rather than a news journalist so descriptive rather than hard facts.
eg
He also served as a journalist in Sydney for a short time, doing the
"city rounds," with the "boys," and collecting from the lips of Premiers, secretaries and officers the news and gossip of the day.
Let's not tolerate bullying !
Herrington Kent  Henderson Scotland Kerr Scotland Reston Scotland  Smith Scotland  Kellow Cornwall  Doney Cornwall  Wadeson Lancashire  Whiteley Yorkshire Gregan Ireland

Offline minniehaha

  • RootsChat Marquessate
  • *******
  • Posts: 7,303
  • "To live in hearts we leave behind, Is not to die"
    • View Profile
Re: (Captain) Robert William Campbell
« Reply #8 on: Sunday 20 August 17 23:00 BST (UK) »
And from the Australian newspapers, a sample about the captain.........


http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/76851336?searchTerm=%22captain%20r.%20w.%20campbell%22&searchLimits=exactPhrase=captain+r.+w.+campbell|||anyWords|||notWords|||requestHandler|||dateFrom=1900-01-01|||dateTo=1940-12-31|||sortby

For more, go to:

https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/search?adv=y


Minniehaha.
HAMMOND, Cainham/Caynham, Shropshire, U.K. Otago-NZ.
GALBRAITH, Ireland, Dunedin, Otago-NZ., Kensington-London, U.K.
GRANT, Sct., Dunedin, Otago-NZ., Vancouver, Canada.
GLASS, Aberdeenshire, Otago-NZ.
CAIRNEY/CARNEY/KEARNEY/Ireland, Airdrie, Scotland, Otago-NZ.
O'BRIEN Mary Ann, Limerick, Otago-NZ.
NICOL(L) James, Scotland, Otago-NZ.
SCOTT Thomas, Shetland, Otago-NZ.
MCHARDY/MCHARDIE Euphemia, Scotland, Otago-NZ.
Pages: [1] 2