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SIMPSON, Charles Edward
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 505 |
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| Enlisted: | 28 August 1914, Sydney |
| Last Rank: | Driver |
| Last Unit: | 10th Field Artillery Brigade |
| Born: | Gulargambone, New South Wales, Australia, 3 October 1894 |
| Home Town: | Gulargambone, Coonamble, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Gularganbone Public School, New South Wales, Australia |
| Occupation: | Blacksmith |
| Died: | Natural causes, Burwood, New South Wales, Australia, 7 December 1962, aged 68 years |
| Cemetery: |
Point Clare General Cemetery, New South Wales, Australia Roman Catholic Section 2, Row 11, Plot 10. |
| Memorials: |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 28 Aug 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 505, 1st Light Horse Regiment, Sydney | |
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| 20 Oct 1914: | Involvement 505, 1st Light Horse Regiment, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '1' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Star of Victoria embarkation_ship_number: A16 public_note: '' | |
| 20 Oct 1914: | Embarked 505, 1st Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Star of Victoria, Sydney | |
| 12 May 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 505, 1st Light Horse Regiment, ANZAC / Gallipoli | |
| 16 Jul 1915: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 505, 1st Light Horse Regiment, ANZAC / Gallipoli | |
| 22 Apr 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Driver, 10th Field Artillery Brigade | |
| 8 Oct 1918: | Embarked AIF WW1, Driver, 505, 10th Field Artillery Brigade , HT Kaiser-I-Hind, Taranto for Suez, then in HT Port Sydney for return to Australia (1914 leave) - disembarking Sydney 4 December 1918 | |
| 3 Feb 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Driver, 505, 10th Field Artillery Brigade |
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