Walter Howard SIMPSON

Badge Number: S25211, Sub Branch: St Peters
S25211

SIMPSON, Walter Howard

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: AIF Cemetery, West Terrace Cemetery, Adelaide, South Australia
Section: Light Oval, Road 1AS, Grave 7
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World War 1 Service

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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Biography 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