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Joseph Henry SIMPSON

Regimental number3093
Place of birthShap, Westmorland, England
SchoolShap Public School, England
Age on arrival in Australia21
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationShunter
AddressLaidlow Street, Boggabri, New South Wales
Marital statusMarried
Age at embarkation33
Next of kinWife, Mrs M Simpson, Laidlow Street, Boggabri, New South Wales
Enlistment date25 May 1918
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit nameMay 1918 Reinforcements
AWM Embarkation Roll number15/9/1
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A30 Borda on 17 July 1918
Rank from Nominal RollSapper
Unit from Nominal RollRailway Companies
Other details from Roll of Honour CircularDied 56th General Hospital, Staples, France.
FateDied of disease 29 November 1918
Place of death or woundingFrance
Age at death33
Age at death from cemetery records33
Place of burialEtaples Military Cemetery (Plot LI, Row D, Grave No. 9), France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
26
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: John and Mary SIMPSON; husband of Mary SIMPSON, Burton Street, Boggabri, New South Wales. Native of Shap, Westmorland, England

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