Regimental number | 3620 |
Date of birth | |
Place of birth | North Adelaide, South Australia |
School | Prince Alfred College, South Australia; North Adelaide Public School; Prince Alfred College, Adelaide, South Australia |
Religion | Methodist |
Occupation | Station hand |
Address | North Adelaide, South Australia |
Marital status | Single |
Age at embarkation | 20 |
Next of kin | Mother, Mrs Caroline Simpson, 92 Barton Terrace, North Adelaide, South Australia |
Previous military service | Served in the School Cadets. |
Enlistment date | |
Rank on enlistment | Private |
Unit name | 32nd Battalion, 8th Reinforcement |
AWM Embarkation Roll number | 23/49/2 |
Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Adelaide, South Australia, on board HMAT A70 Ballarat on |
Rank from Nominal Roll | Private |
Unit from Nominal Roll | 32nd Battalion |
Other details from Roll of Honour Circular | No.1 Lewis Gunner, 8 Platoon, 32nd Battalion. |
Fate | Died of wounds |
Place of death or wounding | Morlancourt, France |
Age at death | 23 |
Age at death from cemetery records | 23 |
Place of burial | Vignacourt British Cemetery (Plot IV, Row D, Grave No. 19), France |
Panel number, Roll of Honour, Australian War Memorial | 121 |
Miscellaneous information from cemetery records | Parents: Frederick and Caroline SIMPSON, 92 Barton Terrace, North Adelaide, South Australia |
Other details | War service: France, Belgiu. Wounded, 29 July 1918, at Morlancourt; invalided to 20th Casualty Clearing Station, where he died. |