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Malcolm Henry SIMPSON

Regimental number1741
Place of birthRichmond, Victoria
SchoolUnley Public School, South Australia
ReligionPresbyterian
OccupationWicker worker
AddressCulvert Street, Parkside, South Australia
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation26
Next of kinFather, Alexander Simpson, Culvert Street, Parkside, South Australia
Enlistment date28 November 1914
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name16th Battalion, 4th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/33/2
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Adelaide, South Australia, on board HMAT A17 Port Lincoln on 1 April 1915
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll16th Battalion
Other details from Roll of Honour CircularDied of Enteric Fever, Sontarza Hospital, Malta on 20 July 1915.
FateDied of disease 20 July 1915
Place of death or woundingMalta
Age at death25
Age at death from cemetery records25
Place of burialPieta Military Cemetery (Plot B, Row II, Grave No. 4), Europe
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
81
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Alexander and Jane SIMPSON, 16 Culvert Street, Parkside, South Australia

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