Although not from our district I honour our last Anzac Alec Campbell and all that have gone before him for their service to our Country
ALEXANDER "Alec" WILLIAM CAMPBELL 2731
Born: 26-2-1899, Launceston, Tasmania to Samuel Alexander & Marian Isobel Campbell Enlisted: 2-7-1915, aged 16years Rank: Private Occupation at time of Enlistment: Clerk at Colonial Mutual Fire Insurance 8/15th Battalion Australian Infantry Battalion Departed Australia 16-8-1915 from Adelaide per S.S. "Kyarra" Invalided Home from Suez 24-6-1916 on H.T. "Sydney" to be discharged on 22-8-1916 Awards: 1914-1915 Star - British War Medal - Victory Medal 80th Anniversary Armistice Rememberance Medal - Centenary Medal - Gallipoli Star Called to Higher Service 16-5-2002
Alec was honoured with a State Funeral on 24-5-2002 in the Cathedral Church of St. David, Hobart. He was laid to rest at Cornelian Bay Cemetery & Crematorium, Hobart, Tasmania
The last service to be held by the local R.S.L. at the iconic Digger Memorial, Gawler South was to honour Alec's passing on the same day as his State Funeral.