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Leonard Charles SIMPSON

Regimental number6624
Date of birth2 April 1875
Place of birthBendigo, Victoria
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationCommercial traveller
Addressc/o H W C Simpson, Collins House, Collins Street, Melbourne, Victoria
Marital statusMarried
Age at embarkation38
Next of kinWife, Mrs K Simpson, Parkside, Adelaide, South Australia
Previous military serviceServed for 1 year in the Field Artillery.
Enlistment date1 September 1915
Rank on enlistmentDriver
Unit nameField Artillery Brigade 4, Battery 11
AWM Embarkation Roll number13/32/1
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A18 Wiltshire on 18 November 1915
Rank from Nominal RollLieutenant
Unit from Nominal Roll5th Field Artillery Brigade
FateReturned to Australia 26 July 1919
Discharge date4 November 1919
Other details

War service: disembarked Suez, 15 December 1915.

Proceeded from Alexandria to join the British Expeditionary Force, 15 March 1916; disembarked Marseilles, 19 March 1916. Mustered as Gunner, 1 May 1916.

Posted to Royal Artillery Cadet School, 14 September 1916. Appointed 2nd Lieutenant, 2 February 1917. Proceeded overseas to France, 22 February 1917; taken on strength, 5th Field Artillery Brigade, 5 March 1917, and posted to No. 15 Battery. Promoted Lieutenant, 1 August 1917.

Admitted to 3rd Canadian Casualty Clearing Station, 20 September 1917 (exhaustion); rejoined 5th FAB in Belgium, 7 November 1917.

Admitted to 32nd Stationary Hospital, 19 May 1919 (septic dermatitis); transferred to England, 26 May 1919, and admitted to 3rd London General Hospital. Granted sick leave to report to No. 2 Group, 11 July 1919.

Commenced return to Australia on board HT 'Demosthenes', 26 July 1919; disembarked, 12 September 1919; discharged, 4 November 1919.

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

Date of death3 July 1953
Age at death78
Place of burialWest Terrace Cemetery, Adelaide, South Australia

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