SIMPSON, Clarence Whitby
| Service Number: | 5245 |
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| Enlisted: | 7 October 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 48th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Normanton, Queensland, Australia, February 1895 |
| Home Town: | Normanton, Carpentaria, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Stockman |
| Died: | Repatriation General Hospital, Windsor, Queensland, Australia, 4 June 1942, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Toowong (Brisbane General) Cemetery, Queensland |
| Memorials: | Normanton Carpentaria Shire Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 7 Oct 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 5245, 15th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 31 Mar 1916: | Embarked Private, 5245, 15th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Star of Victoria, Sydney | |
| 31 Mar 1916: | Involvement Private, 5245, 15th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '11' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Star of Victoria embarkation_ship_number: A16 public_note: '' | |
| 20 May 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 47th Infantry Battalion | |
| 11 Apr 1917: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 5245, 47th Infantry Battalion, Bullecourt (First), GSW right leg | |
| 1 Jun 1918: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 48th Infantry Battalion | |
| 18 Sep 1918: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 5245, 48th Infantry Battalion, Breaching the Hindenburg Line - Cambrai / St Quentin Canal, SW arm |
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From: In Remembrance: Hungerford and Associated Families in the Great War 1914-1918
Pte Clarence Whitby SIMPSON,
Regimental Number: 5245
Unit Name: 15th Battalion, 16th Reinforcements
Religion: Church of England
Occupation: Stockman
Address: Normanton, Qld
Age of Enlistment: 20 years
Enlistment Date and Place: 7 October 1915, Brisbane, Qld
Next of Kin: Father, Francis Simpson, Donors Hill, Normanton, Qld
Rank on Enlistment: Private
Embarkation Details: Unit embarked from Sydney, NSW, on HMAT A16 Star of Victoria, on 31 March 1916
Rank from Nominal Roll: Private
Unit from Nominal Roll: 48th Battalion
Campaigns Served: Western Front
War Service/Promotions: From 15 October 1915 to 26 March 1916 was a Private in Reserve Company. Then 27 March 1916 in the 15th Battalion, 16th Reinforcements. Embarked for Egypt 31 March 1916. Transferred to 47th Battalion on 20 May 1916. Allotted from the 15th Battalion on 24 May 1916. Joined Battalion from Reinforcements, 25 August 1916, France. Went through the Battle of Mouquet Farm. Awarded 2 Blue Chevrons, 31 March 1917. Wounded in action, 11 April 1917, Bullecourt, France. On 16 April 1917 embarked on HT St. Dennis, at Boulogne, France, for England. Admitted High Beach Hospital, Westgate-on-Sea, Kent, England, 16 April 1917. Proceeded overseas to France on 2 March 1918, via Southampton, Hampshire, England. Rejoined Battalion 8 March 1918. He was fighting in Dernacourt, France, on 5 April 1918. Transferred to 48th Battalion AIF from 47th Battalion, on 28 May 1918, and Taken on Strength in that battalion on the same day. Wounded in action (2nd occurrence), 18 September 1918, in the first attack on the Hindenburg Line, France, in which there were over 1,000 dead or wounded allied servicemen. Admitted to 2nd Australian General Hospital, Wimereux, France on 20 September 1918. Transferred to England and admitted to Whipps Cross Hospital, Whipps Cross, Waltham Forest, London, on 22 November 1918. Admitted 1st A.D. Hospital, Bulford, Wiltshire, England, 14 February 1919, with an infection, and discharged 18 March 1919, but readmitted the same day. Discharged to No 2 Group, Sutton Veny, Wiltshire, England, 14 July 1919. Departed Liverpool, England, to return to Australia 2 August 1919.
Fate: Returned to Australia per HT Argylshire, 2 August 1919, disembarking 22 September 1919. He never married.
Place of Wounding: (1) Gunshot wound, right leg, 11 April 1917, Bullecourt, France. (2) Gunshot wound, arm, 18 September 1918, on the Hindenburg Line, France.
Place of Death: 4 June 1942, Repatriation General Hospital, Windsor, Qld
Place of Burial: Toowong Cemetery, Toowong, Qld. His grave is not marked.
Medals/Citations: British War Medal; Victory Medal
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