Gunner

William Robert Simpson

Conflict: 
WW1
Additional Information: 

Born at Milltown, Southbridge Son of George Francis and Ellen Simpson, of Southbridge, Canterbury, New Zealand.

References:
  • CWGC
  • Archives New Zealand
NZ WAR GRAVES

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Personal Tributes:

Casualty

Service Number: 
2/2541
Name:
William Robert Simpson
Rank: 
Gunner
Date of Birth:
Not known
Next of Kin: 
G.F. Simpson (father), Milltown, Southbridge, Canterbury, New Zealand
Date of Enlistment:
Not known
Enlistment Address: 
Milltown, Southbridge, New Zealand
Armed Force: 
Army
Unit:
New Zealand Field Artillery, 10 Battery

Casualty Details

Cause of Death:
Killed in action
Date of Death:
25 September 1916
Day of Death:
Monday
Age at Death: 
28
Conflict: 
WW1

Embarkation Details

Embarkation Body:
8th Reinforcements
Embarkation Place:
Wellington, New Zealand
Embarkment Date:
13 November 1915
Transport:

HMNZT 35
HMNZT 36
Vessel:
Willochra or Tofua
Destination:
Suez, Egypt

Text in italics supplied by Cenotaph Online, Auckland War Memorial Museum

Cemetery

Cemetery Reference: 
X. H. 9.
Cemetery Location: 
France
William Robert Simpson
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