| Place | Europe: France |
|---|---|
| Accession Number | 1DRL/0571 |
| Collection type | Private Record |
| Record type | Collection |
| Measurement | 1 wallet: 1 cm. |
| Object type | Letter |
| Maker |
Simpson, George |
| Place made | France |
| Date made | 1918-08-09 |
| Access | Open |
| Related File This file can be copied or viewed via the Memorial’s Reading Room. | AWM93 12/11/455 |
| Conflict |
First World War, 1914-1918 |
| Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain
|
| Copying Provisions | Copyright expired. Copying permitted subject to physical condition. Permission for reproduction not required. |
Simpson, George (Lieutenant, b.?- d.1918)
Description
Collection relating to the service of 721 Lieutenant George Simpson, 6 Battalion, AIF, France, 1918. Collection consists of one letter written by Lieutenant Simpson to his parents, in August 1918.
History / Summary
Biographical note: Lieutenant George Simpson, 6 Battalion AIF, who on 23 August 1918 was killed in action at Cerisy on the Somme. Other biographical details concerning him are: farmer; of Mildura, Victoria; born Harrogate, England; educated at Sidleigh School, Yorkshire; underwent a course at the Guelph Agricultural College, Ontario, Canada; came to Australia when 21 years old; enlisted in the AIF in August 1914 with the Army Service Corps; served in Egypt (including the expedition against the Senussi Arabs on the Eastern Frontier), Gallipoli and France; sent to officers' training school at Cambridge University and was commissioned in August 1917; was wounded in November 1917; age at time of death, 26.