Charles Harry Vincent (Charlie) SIMPKINS

SIMPKINS, Charles Harry Vincent

    Service Numbers: 19123, V91120
    Enlisted: 30 April 1917, Sep 17 Reinforcements
    Last Rank: Warrant Officer Class 2
    Last Unit: Lines of Communication Units
    Born: Ascot Vale, Victoria, Australia, 17 July 1895
    Home Town: Ascot Vale, Melbourne, Victoria
    Schooling: Ascot State School, Victoria
    Occupation: Clerk
    Died: Coronary occlusion, Arteriosclerosis, East Malvern,Victoria, Australia, 9 September 1956, aged 61 years
    Cemetery: Springvale Botanical Cemetery, Melbourne
    Memorials: Melbourne Town Hall Honour Roll
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    World War 1 Service

    30 Apr 1917: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 19123, Australian Army Medical Corps WW1, Sep 17 Reinforcements
    22 Dec 1917: Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 19123, Army Medical Corps (AIF), --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '23' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ulysses embarkation_ship_number: A38 public_note: ''
    12 Jun 1918: Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 15th Field Ambulance
    29 Sep 1918: Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 19123, 15th Field Ambulance, Breaching the Hindenburg Line - Cambrai / St Quentin Canal, France on 29th Sept 1918. Evacuated to Weymouth Hospital, England, wounded in action, suffering from gunshot wounds in head and elbow.
    2 Mar 1919: Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 19123, 15th Field Ambulance

    World War 2 Service

    16 Dec 1940: Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Staff Sergeant, V91120
    16 Dec 1940: Enlisted Private, V91120, Lines of Communication Units
    10 May 1943: Involvement Staff Sergeant, V91120, New Guinea - Huon Peninsula / Markham and Ramu Valley /Finisterre Ranges Campaigns, 17 Graves Registration Unit
    1 Jul 1944: Involvement Staff Sergeant, V91120, Lines of Communication Units, Homeland Defence - Militia and non deployed forces, Graves Registration Unit Melbourne

    World War 1 Service

    21 Jan 1947: Discharged Warrant Officer Class 2, V91120, Lines of Communication Units, War Graves Registration Unit
    21 Jan 1947: Discharged Staff Sergeant, V91120, Lines of Communication Units, War Graves Registration Unit

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    Biography contributed by Steve Larkins

    Charles Simpkins (1895-1956)

    Charles Simpkins enlisted  for WW2 service 16 Dec 1940.

    He subsequently served New Guinea, with 17 Graves registration unit where he was Promoted to Staff Sergeant. Returned to Australia 1944.

    Served in Victoria, Australian War Grave Maintenance Unit, until discharged, 21 January 1947.

    Medals 1939/45 Star, Pacific Star, War Medal, Australian Service Medal in additin to his WW1 service medals.

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