SIMPSON, Andrew
| Service Number: | 17050 |
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| Enlisted: | 6 March 1916, 1st A.G.H and Australian Imperial Expeditionary Forces |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | Army Medical Corps (AIF) |
| Born: | Crossgate, Dunfermline, Scotland, 10 April 1895 |
| Home Town: | Wollongong, Wollongong, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Fulford School, Fife, Scotland |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Accidentally knocked down by a loaded train of "loggers", Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia, 26 February 1935, aged 39 years |
| Cemetery: |
Wollongong Cemetery, NSW |
| Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
| 6 Mar 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 17050, Royal Australian Army Medical Corps (post WW2), 1st A.G.H and Australian Imperial Expeditionary Forces | |
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| 11 May 1917: | Involvement Private, 17050, Army Medical Corps (AIF), --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '23' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Shropshire embarkation_ship_number: A9 public_note: '' | |
| 11 May 1917: | Embarked Private, 17050, Army Medical Corps (AIF), HMAT Shropshire, Melbourne |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Stephanie Phillips
Andrew was born in Scotland but emmigrated with his family for a better life than working in the coal mines. He was a labourer and along with his father, uncles and brother was instrumental in starting the ambulance service in the city of Wollongong, which is where they settled.
Andrew served in the medical unit in World War I, within the Field Ambulance. He was injured in the conflict and whilst receovering in England in a hospital he met his future wife, who came to Australia as a war bride.
Andrew was hardworking but his life was tragically cut short during an accident at Port Kembla when he was caught between two carriages being shunted and he lost his arm and later died in Wollongong Hospital from the injuries steming from blood loss and shock.
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