Malcolm Henry SIMPSON

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Service Number:	1741
Enlisted:	28 November 1914, Enlisted at Oaklands, SA
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	16th Infantry Battalion (WW1)
Born:	Richmond, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 1889
Home Town:	Unley, Unley, South Australia
Schooling:	Unley Public School, South Australia
Occupation:	Wicker Worker
Died:	Enteric fever, Sontarza Hospital, Malta, 20 July 1915
Cemetery:	Pieta Military Cemetery Plot B, Row 11, Grave 4 Chaplain Rev. A.G. McKinnon officiated Headstone inscription reads: For ever with the Lord, Pieta Military Cemetery, Tal-Pieta, Malta (island), Malta
Memorials:	Adelaide National War Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Prospect South Australian Soldiers at Gallipoli Memorial, Unley Arch of Remembrance, Unley Town Hall WW1 Honour Board

28 Nov 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1741, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), Enlisted at Oaklands, SA
1 Apr 1915:	Involvement Private, 1741, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '12' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Port Lincoln embarkation_ship_number: A17 public_note: ''
1 Apr 1915:	Embarked Private, 1741, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), HMAT Port Lincoln, Adelaide

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Son of Alexander and Jane Watt Simpson of 16 Culvert Street, Parkside, SA

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal