SIMPSON, Tom Garvin
| Service Number: | 4531 |
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| Enlisted: | 3 January 1918 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 1st Light Horse Brigade Machine Gun Squadron |
| Born: | Armidale, New South Wales, Australia, June 1897 |
| Home Town: | Armidale, Armidale Dumaresq, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Grazier |
| Died: | Armidale, New South Wales, Australia, 16 September 1963, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Armidale General Cemetery |
| Memorials: | Armidale Memorial Fountain |
World War 1 Service
| 3 Jan 1918: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 4531, Light Horse Reinforcements | |
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| 30 Apr 1918: | Involvement Private, 4531, Light Horse Reinforcements, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '3' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: SS Port Darwin embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: '' | |
| 30 Apr 1918: | Embarked Private, 4531, Light Horse Reinforcements, SS Port Darwin, Sydney | |
| 22 Oct 1918: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 1st Light Horse Brigade Machine Gun Squadron | |
| 19 Jul 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 4531, 1st Light Horse Brigade Machine Gun Squadron |
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From: In Remembrance: Hungerford and Associated Families in the Great War 1914-1918
Pte Tom Garvin SIMPSON,
Regimental Number: 4531
Unit Name: LH14FEB1918 (February 1918 Reinforcements Australian Light Horse, NSW)
Religion: Church of England
Occupation: Grazier
Address: 'Meadowfield', Armidale, NSW
Age of Enlistment: 20 years and 7 months
Enlistment Date and Place: 3 January 1918, Victoria Barracks, Sydney, NSW
Next of Kin: Mother, Emily Susannah Simpson, 'Meadowfield', Armidale, NSW
Rank on Enlistment: Private
Embarkation Details: Unit embarked from Sydney, NSW, on board SS Port Darwin, on 30 April 1918
Rank from Nominal Roll: Private
Unit from Nominal Roll: 1st Machine Gun Squadron
Campaigns Served: Egypt
War Service/Promotions: He disembarked Suez, Egypt, 7 June 1918, and marched in to Reinforcement Camp, Moascar, Egypt, 7 June 1918. On 26 July 1918 was admitted to 2nd Australian Stationary Hospital with mumps. He was transferred to Rest Camp at Port Said, Egypt, on 15 August 1918, and rejoined Central Training Depot at Moascar, Egypt on 1 September 1918. Marched out to Machine Gun Training Squadron on 14 September 1918. Admitted to 2nd A.S.H with diphtheria on 9 October 1918, but this was re-diagnosed as tonsillitis. He was discharged on 14 October 1918 and rejoined the Machine Gun Training Squadron the same day. Taken On Strength 1st Australian Machine Gun Squadron 23 October 1918. On 24 October 1918 appointed Driver. Reverts to Trooper on ceasing duties of Driver on 23 December 1918. Embarked to return home 27 May 1919.
Fate: Returned to Australia per HT Orari, 27 May 1919, disembarking 4 July 1919. He married Edith Maud Finlayson, 12 December 1942, Armidale, NSW.
Place of Death: 16 September 1963, Armidale, NSW
Place of Burial: Armidale Cemetery, Armidale, NSW
Medals/Citations: British War Medal; Victory Medal
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