Walter Howard SIMPSON

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Service Number:	22452
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:	West Terrace Cemetery (AIF Section) Section: Light Oval, Road 1AS, Grave 7
Memorials:

27 Mar 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Driver, 22452, Enlisted at Melbourne
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

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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

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