Walter Campbell (judge)
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Sir Walter Campbell AC, QC |
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| 21st Governor of Queensland | |
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In office 22 July 1985 – 29 July 1992 |
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| Monarch | Elizabeth II |
| Premier |
Sir Joh Bjelke-Petersen Mike Ahern Russell Cooper Wayne Goss |
| Preceded by | Sir James Ramsay |
| Succeeded by | Leneen Forde |
| Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Queensland | |
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In office 18 February 1982 – 7 July 1985 |
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| Premier | Sir Joh Bjelke-Petersen |
| Preceded by | Charles Wanstall |
| Succeeded by | Dormer Andrews |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 4 March 1921 Burringbar, New South Wales |
| Died | 4 September 2004 (aged 83) Ascot, Queensland |
| Alma mater | University of Queensland |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance |
 Australia
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| Service/branch | Royal Australian Air Force |
| Years of service | 1941–1946 |
| Rank | Flight Lieutenant |
| Battles/wars | Second World War |
Sir Walter Benjamin Campbell AC, QC (4 March 1921 – 4 September 2004) was an Australian judge, administrator and governor. He was a judge of the Supreme Court of Queensland, Chancellor of the University of Queensland, and Governor of Queensland.
Campbell was born in Burringbar, northern New South Wales, to Archie Eric Gordon Campbell and Leila Mary née Murphy. Archie Campbell was a decorated soldier of the First World War, having won the Military Cross for gallantry against the Turks in Gaza and the Distinguished Service Order for later efforts in Damascus. Leila Campbell died unexpectedly, leaving Walter and his brothers to spend a considerable amount of time with their mother's parents in northern NSW.
The death of his mother had interrupted his early education at a Christian Brothers' convent in Toowoomba and led to Campbell continuing his studies at a college in Lismore, NSW. Campbell completed his education at Downlands College, Toowoomba, becoming the College's first Open Scholar in the late 1930s, having already been named dux of the College twice and earning the highest grade in Queensland for Senior Latin.
Campbell attended the University of Queensland from 1940 with an interruption to his studies the following year to take up service in the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF). In his first year at the University of Queensland, Campbell became editor of the student paper Semper Floreat, before becoming President of the University of Queensland Union. He graduated in 1948 with first class honours in Law in 1948, having already gained a Master of Arts the previous year. He passed his pilot's examination at Amberley Air Base on 7 December 1941 and was assigned to the 67th Reserve Squadron of the RAAF, which patrolled Australia's eastern coast. He became a Flight Instructor and was based in Tasmania, badly injuring his knee in a biplane crash. After his recovery, the RAAF put Campbell in command of a Liberator Base in the Darling Downs.
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