Date of birth:

February 19th, 1920 (Calgary/Alberta, Canada)

Date of death:

December 10th, 1944 (Nijmegen/Gelderland, Netherlands)

Buried on:

Canadian War Cemetery Groesbeek
Plot: V. Row: C. Grave: 12.

Service number:

M/11268

Nationality:

Canadian

Corporal
Calgary Highlanders, R.C.I.C.

A month after arriving in Nijmegen, a terrible accident took place on December 10, 1944. Alex was the regiment's Despatch Rider, motorcycle courier, that day. That morning Alex was ordered to collect technical equipment for the regiment. He went on his way. The roads were wet, it had rained. At around 11.30 am he was riding on the road between Nijmegen and Malden. From the left hand side a Canadian Army truck, a CWT15, turned onto the road ahead of him. Alex tried to overtake the truck, but had not seen that a Canadian army truck, a CWT60, was also approaching from the opposite direction. Alex and the truck slammed on the brakes. But Alex's motorbike slipped under him and he crashed into the left front of the CWT60. The driver of the CWT15 apparently did not notice what was happening and continued driving.
However, the driver of the CWT60 pulled his truck aside. His co-driver got out to provide first aid. The driver stopped a passing jeep. The driver of the jeep took Alex to a hospital.
But Corporal Alexander Henry Campbell's injuries were too serious. He died that day at noon, twenty-three years old.

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