Regimental number | 680 |
Place of birth | Whangerai, New Zealand |
School | Napier High School, Napier, New Zealand |
Age on arrival in Australia | 26 |
Religion | Church of England |
Occupation | Bank clerk |
Address | c/o Mrs F Simpson, Gover Street, New Plymouth, New Zealand |
Marital status | Single |
Age at embarkation | 27 |
Next of kin | Mother, Mrs Anne Simpson, Gover Street, New Plymouth, New Zealand |
Previous military service | Served as a Lieutenant in the New Zealand Territorial Forces. |
Enlistment date | |
Rank on enlistment | Lance Corporal |
Unit name | 17th Battalion, B Company |
AWM Embarkation Roll number | 23/34/1 |
Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A32 Themistocles on |
Rank from Nominal Roll | Corporal |
Unit from Nominal Roll | 17th Battalion |
Other details from Roll of Honour Circular | Invalided from Gallipoli later to England. He rejoined his unit in France in April 1916 and took part in the Battle of Pozieres, France on 29 July 1916, during which he was wounded by a shell and died that day. |
Fate | Died of wounds |
Place of death or wounding | Pozieres, Somme Sector, France |
Age at death | 29 |
Age at death from cemetery records | 29 |
Place of burial | Puchevillers British Cemetery (Plot II, Row C, Grave No. 8), France |
Panel number, Roll of Honour, Australian War Memorial | 84 |
Miscellaneous information from cemetery records | Parents: Francis and Annie SIMPSON, "The Den", Vivian Street, New Plymouth, New Zealand. Native of New Zealand |