SIMPSON, Leonard
| Service Number: | QX12432 |
|---|---|
| Enlisted: | 22 July 1940 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | Not yet discovered |
| Born: | Gympie, Queensland, Australia, 15 January 1910 |
| Home Town: | Gympie, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Kingaroy, Queensland, Australia, 17 August 1982, aged 72 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Taabinga Lawn Cemetery, Kingaroy, Qld |
| Memorials: |
World War 2 Service
| 22 Jul 1940: | Involvement QX12432 | |
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| 22 Jul 1940: | Enlisted | |
| 22 Jul 1940: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, QX12432 | |
| 27 Jul 1940: | Discharged | |
| 27 Jul 1940: | Discharged Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, QX12432 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Chris Buckley
Len was the ninth of ten children of John Goldie Simpson (b1869 in Scotland) and Hannah (Annie) Steele (b1872 in Ipswich, QLD). John arrived in Moreton Bay, QLD with his parents and some siblings on board the Closeburn in October 1887. He was a Labourer in Ipswich, QLD when he and Annie married in 1890. They settled in Gympie, QLD where they raised their family and John worked as a Labourer. Eldest son William was KiA in WWI (Service No:3439).
Len was a Labourer in Gympie QLD when he served briefly in the Australian Army (Private; Service No:QX12432). Having Enlisted on 22 July 1940, he was Discharged within a week when his father died. Len was working in Brisbane, QLD when he married Christine Susie Lawson (b1913 in Brisbane, QLD) in 1948. Len and Christina moved to Kingaroy, where Len was a Labourer before settling in Coolabunia, Nanango, QLD where Len was a Farmer. In the mid 1970s, he and Christina retired to Kingaroy where they died within a month of each other in 1982.
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