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stuart campbell explorer wikipedia jump to content main menu main menu move to sidebar hide navigation main page contents current events random article about wikipedia contact us contribute help learn to edit community portal recent changes upload file special pages search search appearance donate create account log in personal tools donate create account log in contents move to sidebar hide top 1 early life 2 military service 3 antarctic exploration toggle antarctic exploration subsection 3 1 early involvement 3 2 post war expeditions 4 other activities and personal life 5 references toggle the table of contents stuart campbell explorer add languages add links article talk english read edit view history tools tools move to sidebar hide actions read edit view history general what links here related changes upload file permanent link page information cite this page get shortened url switch to legacy parser print export download as pdf printable version in other projects wikimedia commons wikidata item appearance move to sidebar hide from wikipedia the free encyclopedia stuart campbell campbell c 1930 born 1903 03 27 27 march 1903 darling point new south wales australia died 7 march 1988 1988 03 07 aged 84 townsville queensland australia military career allegiance australia branch raaf service years 1926 1946 rank group captain commands no 42 squadron raaf no 76 wing raaf stuart alexander caird campbell 27 march 1903 7 march 1988 was an australian air force officer and antarctic explorer early life edit campbell was born on 27 march 1903 in darling point new south wales he was the son of caroline maxwell née caird and murray aird campbell he attended sydney church of england grammar school and went on to study electrical and mechanical engineering at the university of sydney graduating bachelor of engineering in 1926 1 military service edit campbell enlisted in the royal australian air force raaf in 1926 after undertaking flying training he was commissioned as an officer and joined no 101 flight raaf where his initial duties including surveying the great barrier reef he later served aboard the seaplane tender hmas albatross in 1929 1 campbell transferred to the raaf reserve in 1932 returning to active duty upon the outbreak of world war ii he was promoted to squadron leader in 1939 to wing commander in 1941 and to group captain in 1942 he was appointed commander of no 42 squadron raaf in december 1944 and commander of no 76 wing raaf in may 1945 flying pby catalinas on long range mine laying operations he was demobilised in april 1946 1 antarctic exploration edit early involvement edit in 1929 campbell was selected to serve as the senior pilot to the british australian and new zealand antarctic research expedition banzare led by douglas mawson along with hubert wilkins and carl ben eielson who had flown the first flight over the antarctic the previous year he and gilbert eric douglas were pioneers of antarctic aviation 1 campbell flew a float mounted gipsy moth biplane which was raised and lowered from their ship via a cable he was frequently accompanied by mawson on flights to identify routes through pack ice and to map new territory between the ross sea and enderby land which was subsequently claimed as the australian antarctic territory 2 post war expeditions edit campbell joined the department of civil aviation after his discharge from the raaf but was soon seconded to the australian national antarctic research expeditions anare 1 in november 1947 it was announced by the chifley government that he would lead three antarctic expeditions to establish weather stations on heard island and macquarie island and a reserve fuel base on the french territory of kerguelen island as part of a scheme to establish a permanent australian base in antarctica 3 campbell s first expedition landed on heard island the following month claiming heard island and mcdonald islands as an australian territory and established a forward base for 14 scientists 4 after returning to australia he joined hmas wyatt earp on a combined naval and anare expedition to survey king george v land and reoccupy mawson s huts in commonwealth bay the expedition proved unable to reach the antarctic coastline due to higher than usual levels of pack ice it instead headed east to survey the balleny islands where campbell and two others became the first to set foot on the islands in over a century 5 campbell peak on heard island and campbell head located on antarctica s mawson coast are named in campbell s honour 6 7 other activities and personal life edit in 1951 campbell was appointed as an aviation advisor to the government of thailand under a technical assistance program developed by the international civil aviation organization 8 he lived in thailand for two years and in 1954 he was appointed as a commander of the order of the crown of thailand for his work he later returned to thailand and established an import firm thai australia co ltd he published two books on thailand titled the fundamentals of the thai language 1957 and a guide to the hard corals of thai waters 1980 1 in 1968 campbell married shelagh ann nickson a nurse they retired to townsville queensland he was widowed in 1985 and died on 7 march 1988 at his home in townsville 1 references edit 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 wilson david 2007 stuart alexander caird campbell 1903 1988 australian dictionary of biography vol 17 celebrating 90 years of antarctic aviation australian antarctic program 16 november 2018 retrieved 25 june 2025 antarctic plans three bases the sydney morning herald 7 november 1947 expedition landing island base in antarctic the sydney morning herald 22 december 1947 vickridge g l w 1972 the ran in antarctic waters naval historical review retrieved 25 june 2025 u s geological survey geographic names information system stuart campbell explorer campbell peak geographic names information system united states geological survey united states department of the interior retrieved 2011 10 22 civil air chief for thailand the age 3 may 1951 retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title stuart_campbell_ explorer oldid 1355649413 categories 1903 births 1988 deaths australian explorers of antarctica australian expatriates in thailand royal australian air force officers royal australian air force personnel of world war ii people educated at sydney church of england grammar school university of sydney alumni hidden categories pages using embedded infobox templates with the title parameter articles with hcards this page was last edited on 23 may 2026 at 02 15 utc page was rendered with parsoid text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike 4 0 license additional terms may apply by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc a non profit organization privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia legal safety contacts 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