Private Harold Kenneth Campbell "enlisted in the 1st Australian Imperial Force at Loverpool, New South Wales on 25 August, 1915". Private Campbell's number was 3715 (Letter to Ms J Tolhurst, Mountain Press Pty Ltd, Springwood, from Central Army Records Office Melbourne, 16 Novemeber 1987. The Mountain Press are publishers of the Mountain Gazette, which published several articles about the Harolf Campbell memorial when the road was being widened and re-routed in 1985/87.
Private Harold Kenneth Campbell was born at Croydon, New South Wales in March 1897. At the time of his death he was 19 years and 5 months old.
Harold Campbell was the son of Edith J and James S Campbell. By the time Harold enlisted in the Australian forces, the family has taken up residence at Blaxland, on the lower Blue Mountains, in a home called "Beverley". "Beverley" was destroyed by fire in the 1968 fires. Private Harold Campbell embarked on the "Medic" at Sydney for overseas service with the 3 Australian Infantry Battalion on 7 January, 1916. He died as a results of his wounds on 2 August, 1916 in the 6th General Hospital at Rouen. He is buried at St Sever Cemetery, France, in grave number 3070.
In memory of Private Harold Campbell, a monument was erected at Blaxland, by his family and the people of Blaxland, in March 1925. The monument was first placed by the railway steps on the southern side of Blaxland Railway Station, "in full view of passengers by the passing trains" (Blue Mountains Echo, 3 April, 1925)
- Mrs. B Higginson