Roderick Campbell, Hougharry, North Uist

Private RODERICK CAMPBELL
Last known address in North Uist: Hougharry, North Uist
Son of Norman and Margaret McDonald Campbell
Husband of Ann McDonald Campbell, of Kylis Paible
Service unit: 29th Canadian Infantry (British Columbia Regiment)
Service number: 463432
Date of birth: 22 September 1882
Date of death: 30 May 1918 at the age of 35
Interred: Bellacourt Military Cemetery, Riviere, II. M. 4
Local memorial: North Uist

Roderick enlisted on 23 August 1915 at Vernon AB, employed at the times as a labourer.

Height: 5 ft 9 in
Complexion: fair
Eyes: blue
Hair: fair

Roderick is shown in the 1901 census at Hougharry, a farm servant aged 18 with his parents Norman (50) and siblings Alexander (20), Kate (16), Neil (14), Mary (10), John (8) and Lexy (3).

Alexander died in 1915 after serving in the Cameron Highlanders.