George Barre Goldie SIMPSON

SIMPSON, George Barre Goldie

    Service Number: 866
    Enlisted: 17 August 1914, Enlisted at Randwick. NSW
    Last Rank: Lance Corporal
    Last Unit: 4th Infantry Battalion
    Born: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 1887
    Home Town: Hunters Hill, Hunters Hill, New South Wales
    Schooling: Sydney Grammar School, New South Wales; Christs College, Cambridge, England
    Occupation: Grazier
    Died: Killed in Action, Gallipoli, Turkey, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 6 August 1915
    Cemetery: Johnston's Jolly Cemetery, Gallipoli, Türkiye
    Special Memorial 35. Inscription SON OF ARCHIBALD HENRY AND ALICE MARION SIMPSON FOUND FAITHFUL , Johnston's Jolly Cemetery, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey
    Memorials: Albury St. Matthew's Anglican Church War Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Johnston's Jolly Cemetery Memorial, Sydney Grammar School WW1 Honour Board
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    World War 1 Service

    17 Aug 1914: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 866, 4th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Randwick. NSW
    20 Oct 1914: Involvement Private, 866, 4th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '8' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Euripides embarkation_ship_number: A14 public_note: ''
    20 Oct 1914: Embarked Private, 866, 4th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Euripides, Sydney
    9 Jul 1915: Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 4th Infantry Battalion
    6 Aug 1915: Involvement Lance Corporal, 866, 4th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 866 awm_unit: 4th Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Lance Corporal awm_died_date: 1915-08-06

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    Biography contributed by Carol Foster

    Son of Archibald Henry and Alice Marion Simpson of 'St Ives', Hunters Hill, NSW. Brother of Claud H.G. Simpson, Edgar Goldie Simpson, Ellen M. Simpson and Adam James Goldie Simpson who returned to Australia on 27 June 1919 having served with both the 4th and 56th Battalions

    Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal

    Between 1906 and 1909 he served with Kings Colonial later known as Kings Edward's Horse

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