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Roland Henry SIMPSON

Regimental number4885
Place of birthBurrawang, New South Wales
SchoolPublic School, New South Wales
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationLabourer
AddressKinkin, Cooran, Queensland
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation21
Next of kinFather, J Simpson, Kinkin, Cooran, Queensland
Enlistment date9 September 1915
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name9th Battalion, 15th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/26/4
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Brisbane, Queensland, on board HMAT A73 Commonwealth on 28 March 1916
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll9th Battalion
FateDied of disease 14 November 1918
Age at death24.11
Age at death from cemetery records24
Place of burialSutton Veny (St. John) Churchyard, Wiltshire, England
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
57
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: John and Hannah SIMPSON, Kin Kin, Queensland

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