Accession Number | P02466.161 |
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Collection type | Photograph |
Object type | Black & white |
Physical description | Black & white |
Conflict |
Second World War, 1939-1945 |
Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain This item is in the Public Domain |
Vic. Paybook photograph of VX26346 Private Neil Mathies Simpson, 2/1st Machine Gun Battalion, ...
Description
Vic. Paybook photograph of VX26346 Private Neil Mathies Simpson, 2/1st Machine Gun Battalion, Australian Infantry. Private Simpson, aged 37, died while defending the island of Crete against the German land and airborne invasion on 24 May 1941. He was the son of Robert and Isabella Simpson, of Gourock, Renfrewshire, Scotland. He is commemorated on the Athens Memorial Face 12. (Photograph supplied by the Army's Soldier Career Management Agency. Information from the Commonwealth War Graves Commission Database.)