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Alec Campbell
Alexander William "Alec" Campbell (26 February 1899 – 16 May 2002) was the final surviving Australian participant of the Gallipoli campaign during the First World War.〔Shaw, John, ("Alec Campbell, Last Anzac at Gallipoli, Dies at 103" ), ''The New York Times'', 20 May 2002.〕 Campbell joined the Australian Army at the age of 16 in 1915, and served as a stores carrier for two months during the fighting at Gallipoli. He was invalided home and discharged in 1916. He later worked in large number of roles, was twice married and had nine children.
==Biography==
Alec Campbell was born in Launceston, Tasmania, Australia. At the age of 16 he left his job as a clerk with the Colonial Mutual Fire Insurance Company. Not having his father's permission, he lied about his age, claiming to be two years older to enlist in the army without parental consent.〔( "The Last ANZAC" ), ''RSA Review'' (Royal New Zealand Returned and Services' Association), June 2002.〕〔(2731 Alexander William CAMPBELL ), The AIF Project, www.aif.adfa.edu.au〕 He joined the 15th Battalion of the Australian Imperial Force in July 1915. Not even being old enough to shave, Campbell gained the nickname "The Kid" during his training in Hobart. One of his cousins had died already at Gallipoli, and the idea of Campbell's deployment terrified his parents. His unit embarked from Melbourne aboard HMAT ''Kyarra'' on 21 August 1915, and Campbell landed at Anzac Cove in early November 1915. He assisted in carrying ammunition, stores and water to the trenches. He received a minor wound in the fighting at Gallipoli; when evacuated with the rest of the Australian forces in 1915, he became ill with a fever which caused partial facial paralysis.〔 He was subsequently invalided home aboard HMAT ''Port Sydney'' on 24 June 1916, and was formally discharged on 22 August 1916〔Australia Post, ("Australia Day: Australian Legends" ), ''Stamp Bulletin'' No. 254, p. 3, 2000.〕—a Gallipoli veteran at only 17.〔Cahill, Rowan, ( "Alec Campbell, the last Anzac, a unionist" ), ''Workers On-line'', (Australian Rail Tram and Bus Industry Union), 2000.〕 He only fought in the war for two months; he later explained tersely,
:"I joined for adventure. There was not a great feeling of defending the Empire. I lived through it, somehow. I enjoyed some of it. I am not a philosopher. Gallipoli was Gallipoli."〔
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