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SIMPSON, Arthur Ernest

Service Number:	1093
Enlisted:	14 September 1914
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	16th Infantry Battalion (WW1)
Born:	Gawler, South Australia, 14 December 1894
Home Town:	Prospect (SA), Prospect, South Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Killed in Action, Belgium, 7 August 1917, aged 22 years
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres, Flanders, Belgium
Memorials:	Adelaide National War Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Gawler Council Gawler Men Who Answered the Call WW1 Roll of Honor, Walkerville St. Andrew's Anglican Church Honour Roll, Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial

World War 1 Service

14 Sep 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1093, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1)
22 Dec 1914:	Involvement Private, 1093, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '12' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ceramic embarkation_ship_number: A40 public_note: ''
22 Dec 1914:	Embarked Private, 1093, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), HMAT Ceramic, Melbourne

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Biography contributed by Virtual Australia

Born Ernest Arthur Reginald SIMPSON