SIMPSON, Malcolm
Service Number: | 3118 |
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Enlisted: | 5 July 1915 |
Last Rank: | Corporal |
Last Unit: | 11th Infantry Battalion |
Born: | Dunrossness, Shetland, Scotland, 18 May 1890 |
Home Town: | Fremantle, Fremantle, Western Australia |
Schooling: | Renfrew, Scotland |
Occupation: | Engineer |
Died: | Killed in Action, Pozieres, France, 22 July 1916, aged 26 years |
Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Fremantle Fallen Sailors & Soldiers Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France) |
World War 1 Service
5 Jul 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3118, 11th Infantry Battalion | |
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13 Sep 1915: | Involvement Private, 3118, 11th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Themistocles embarkation_ship_number: A32 public_note: '' | |
13 Sep 1915: | Embarked Private, 3118, 11th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Themistocles, Fremantle | |
22 Jul 1916: | Involvement Corporal, 3118, 11th Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 3118 awm_unit: 11 Battalion awm_rank: Corporal awm_died_date: 1916-07-22 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Stephen Brooks
Brothers, 3118 Private Malcolm Simpson and his brother 3121 Pte Archibald Simpson emigrated with their family from the Shetland Islands, Scotland to Fremantle, Western Australia in 1912. The both enlisted in the 11th Battalion about three weeks apart. Malcolm was promoted to Corporal during early 1916. He was killed in action on 22 July 1916 at Pozieres and has no known grave. Archibald was transferred to the 51st Battalion as part of the 'doubling-up' of the AIF. He was killed in action on 3 September 1916 at nearby Mouquet Farm and is buried at Aveluy Wood Cemetery.