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Claude Charles SIMPSON

Regimental number4583
Place of birthMaryborough, Queensland
ReligionBaptist
OccupationTravellers assistant
AddressToowoomba, Queensland
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation19
Height5' 8"
Weight138 lbs
Next of kinMother, Mrs E Simpson, 445 Boundary Street, Spring Hill, Brisbane, Queensland
Previous military serviceHave servec 4 yrs in C.M.F. 11A M 18/677
Enlistment date3 September 1915
Place of enlistmentToowoomba, Queensland
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name9th Battalion, 14th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/26/4
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Brisbane, Queensland, on board HMAT A62 Wandilla on 31 January 1916
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll9th Battalion
FateReturned to Australia 19 December 1918
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Charles and Etta SIMPSON
Discharge date15 April 1919
Other details

War service: Western Front

Commenced return to Australia on board HT 'Somali', 10 December 1918; disembarked Melbourne, 8 February 1919, for onward travel to Brisbane; discharged (medically unfit), Brisbane, 15 April 1919.

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
Date of death12 October 1930
Age at death34
Place of burialToowong Cemetery, Queensland
SourcesNAA: B2455, SIMPSON Claude Charles

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