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James SIMPSON

Regimental number835
Place of birthGlasgow, Scotland
SchoolCrookston Street, Glasgow and Bower Public School, Caithness, Scotland
Age on arrival in Australia21
ReligionPresbyterian
OccupationCarpenter
AddressNortham, Western Australia
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation24
Next of kinMother, Mrs E Simpson, Brabstendorran, Bowerwick, Scotland
Previous military serviceSered in the 5th Seaforth Highlander Territorials.
Enlistment date10 September 1914
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll17 August 1914
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name11th Battalion, G Company
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/28/1
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Fremantle, Western Australia, on board Transport A11 Ascanius on 2 November 1914
Rank from Nominal RollCorporal
Unit from Nominal Roll3rd Trench Mortar Battery
Other details from Roll of Honour CircularServed with the 1st A.I.F. in Gallipoli, Egypt and the Persian Gulf. Died of wounds sustained in France at Fort Pitt, Chatham, England.
FateDied of wounds 26 July 1916
Place of death or woundingChatham, England
Age at death26
Age at death from cemetery records26
Place of burialBerriedale Parish Churchyard (Plot A, New Ground, Grave No. 55), Latheron, Scotland
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
20
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Alexander and Elizabeth SIMPSON, Brabsterdorran, Bower

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