Malcolm SIMPSON

SIMPSON, Malcolm

Service Number: 3118
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)
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World War 1 Service

5 Jul 1915: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3118, 11th Infantry Battalion
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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Biography 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.

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