Portrait of Grace Elizabeth Simpson wearing an Australian Red Cross Society Meritorious Service ...

Accession Number P11381.001
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white - Print silver gelatin
Maker Unknown
Date made c 1965
Conflict Period 1950-1959
Second World War, 1939-1945
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright unknown - orphaned work

Description

Portrait of Grace Elizabeth Simpson wearing an Australian Red Cross Society Meritorious Service Medal, 25 Year Long Service Medal and membership badge. During the First World War, Grace Simpson's husband Lieutenant Colonel James William Albert Simpson, was killed in action in France on 21 January 1917. Their son, VX130390 Sergeant Halliday James "Did" Simpson served in the Second World War. Items related to the Simpson family are held at the Australian War Memorial.