The Queens High School pupil is among hundreds of veterans, their descendants and serving military who will march through Dunedin's CBD to the Octagon tomorrow in remembrance of those who have served New Zealand overseas.
The parade, celebrating the 90th anniversary of the signing of the armistice with Germany that ended World War 1 at 11am on November 11, 1918, is expected to be the biggest Returned Services parade Dunedin has seen.
Miss Campbell, who is also leading cadet with the TS Waireka sea cadets, knows the importance of remembering.
Her grandfather, John Campbell, is a veteran of the Vietnam War and the immediate past national president of the RSA.
The Campbell family has a long history of military service, stretching back at least five generations. Mr Campbell said it was with pride that he would march in the same parade as his granddaughter.
Young people would eventually be the holders of the memories and it was particularly important Remembrance Sunday and Armistice Day (also known as Remembrance Day) were not forgotten by New Zealanders, he said, because it was on the Western Front during World War 1 where a huge proportion of New Zealand's able-bodied men met their fates.
"It's 90 years ago now and we tend to forget the huge impact it must have had on New Zealand families."
Organisers, who have been preparing for the parade for months, said everything was in place, with even the weather forecast looking good.
"I think this Sunday will be quite a spectacle and I hope it will rival anything else happening in New Zealand for the (90th anniversary of Armistice Day)," co-organiser Jenepher Glover, president of the Dunedin RSA, said.
While Remembrance Sunday and Armistice Day commemorations had always been open to the public, veterans and the military had largely observed the days on their own, but there were not many veterans left now and a new approach was needed, Ms Glover said.
"It's time the community became involved in remembering. Without the efforts of these old guys, where would we be? The world would be a different place."
Co-organiser Lt Cdr Phil Bradshaw, Dunedin's resident naval officer, said "Remembrance 2008" was an opportunity to publicly honour those who had served.
"It is a time to reflect on the sacrifice made by so many, often so long ago, to secure the present we enjoy and acknowledge those serving today to ensure our future."
The hope was to create the same sort of involvement from members of the public around Armistice Day and Remembrance Sunday as was already around Anzac Day, Ms Glover said.
Tomorrow's march is part of five-day long commemorations marking the 90th anniversary of Armistice Day on Tuesday.
Commemorations started last night with dinner at the Dunedin Club.
It is hoped more than 1000 people - accompanied by more than 20 vintage military vehicles - will join the parade before attending a service at St Paul's Cathedral.
Expected highlights of the combined remembrance commemorations include a fly-over by Wanaka pilot Robert Broek in his World War 2 Mustang P51 fighter as the march approaches the Octagon tomorrow and three simultaneous bursts from field guns placed around the city to mark the start of two minutes' city-wide silence at 11am on Tuesday.
