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SIMPSON, Walter Howard
Personal Details
Service Number: | 22452 |
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Enlisted: | 27 March 1915, Enlisted at Melbourne |
Last Rank: | Driver |
Last Unit: | 23rd Field Artillery (Howitzer) Brigade |
Born: | North Fitzroy, Victoria, Australia, 14 October 1894 |
Home Town: | Fitzroy, Yarra, Victoria |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Clerk |
Died: | Adelaide, South Australia, 1937, cause of death not yet discovered |
Cemetery: |
AIF Cemetery, West Terrace Cemetery, Adelaide, South Australia Section: Light Oval, Road 1AS, Grave 7 |
Memorials: |
Service History
World War 1 Service
27 Mar 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Driver, 22452, Enlisted at Melbourne | |
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20 May 1916: | Involvement Driver, 22452, 23rd Field Artillery (Howitzer) Brigade, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '4' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Medic embarkation_ship_number: A7 public_note: '' | |
20 May 1916: | Embarked Driver, 22452, 23rd Field Artillery (Howitzer) Brigade, HMAT Medic, Melbourne |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
3 October 1917 - Wounded in action, shell wound to the left elbow
1 July 1919 - Returned to Australia on board Karmarla
Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
RSL Information
31 January 1936 - Joined St Peters Sub Branch; address 30 First Avenue, St Peters SA