SIMPSON, Roland Henry
| Service Number: | 4885 |
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| Enlisted: | 9 September 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Lance Corporal |
| Last Unit: | 9th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Burrawang, New South Wales, Australia, 11 December 1893 |
| Home Town: | Cooran, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Public School, New South Wales, Australia |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Influenza Pneumonia, Military Hospital, Sutton Veny, United Kingdom, 14 November 1918, aged 24 years |
| Cemetery: |
Sutton Veny (St. John) Churchyard, Wiltshire, England |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 9 Sep 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 4885, 9th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 10 Sep 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 4885, 9th Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1 | |
| 28 Mar 1916: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 4885, 9th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '9' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Commonwealth embarkation_ship_number: A73 public_note: '' | |
| 7 May 1917: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 4885, 9th Infantry Battalion, Bullecourt (Second), SW to right leg | |
| 1 Nov 1917: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 4885, 9th Infantry Battalion, 2nd Passchendaele , SW to right thigh - severe | |
| 3 May 1918: | Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 9th Infantry Battalion | |
| 18 Jul 1918: | Wounded AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 4885, 9th Infantry Battalion, SW to left leg | |
| 14 Nov 1918: | Involvement AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 4885, 9th Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 4885 awm_unit: 9th Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Lance Corporal awm_died_date: 1918-11-14 |
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From WW1 Australian War Graves in England/UK
Lance Corporal Roland Henry Simpson was born at Burrawang, near Robertson, NSW in 1894. He enlisted in the Australian Imperial Force (A.I.F.) on 9th September, 1915 as a 21 year old Labourer from Kin Kin, via Cooran, Queensland.
Private Simpson was hospitalised in Egypt in May 1916 with Influenza & again in France in October, 1916 also with Influenza.
He was wounded in action in France on 7th May, 1917 at Bullecourt with shrapnel wound to right leg. He recovered in France & rejoined thr 9th Battalion on 10th June, 1917.
Private Simpson was wounded in action (2nd occasion) on 1st November, 1917 in Belgium. He was invalided to England shrapnel wounds to right thigh (severe). He recovered & was posted to No. 3 Command Depot at Hurdcott, Wiltshire on 17th January, 1918.
He rejoined his Battalion on 9th March, 1918. He was promoted to Lance Corporal on 3rd May, 1918.
Lance Corporal SImpson was wounded in action (3rd occasion) on 18th July, 1918. He was invalided to England with shrapnel wounds to left leg. He was discharged from Hospital in England on 16th August, 1918.
Lance Corporal Roland Henry Simpson was sent sick to Military Hospital at Sutton Veny, Wiltshire on 29th October, 1918 with Pneumonia. He died at 07.30 hrs on 14th November, 1918 at the Military Hospital, Sutton Veny of Influenza Pneumonia.
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