| Service number | VX79 |
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| Ranks Held | Lieutenant, Second Lieutenant, Brigadier, Colonel |
| Birth Date | 1894-04-13 |
| Birth Place | Australia: Victoria, Melbourne, Balaclava |
| Death Date | 1964-08-23 |
| Death Place | Australia: Victoria, Melbourne, Repatriation General Hospital |
| Final Rank | Major General |
| Service | Australian Imperial Force |
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Published in London Gazette in 1917-08-25 Published in London Gazette in 1941-12-30 Published in London Gazette in 1941-12-30 Published in London Gazette in 1917-01-04 Published in Commonwealth Gazette in 1917-06-29 Published in Commonwealth Gazette in 1917-12-20 |
Major General Colin Hall Simpson
Collection items
Rolls
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Honours and Awards (Recommendation):
- Conflict
- Second World War, 1939-1945
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Honours and Awards (Recommendation):
- Conflict
- Second World War, 1939-1945
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Honours and Awards:
- Unit
- 1 Corps
- Conflict
- Second World War, 1939-1945
- Rank
- Brigadier
- London Gazette
- 30 December 1941 on page 7326 at position 3
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Honours and Awards (Recommendation):
- Conflict
- Second World War, 1939-1945
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First World War Nominal Roll:
- Unit
- 3rd Australian Pioneer Battalion
- Conflict
- First World War, 1914-1918
- Rank
- Lieutenant
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Honours and Awards (Recommendation):
- Conflict
- Second World War, 1939-1945
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Honours and Awards (Recommendation):
- Unit
- 3rd Australian Division Signals Company
- Conflict
- First World War, 1914-1918
- Rank
- Lieutenant
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Honours and Awards:
- Unit
- 13th Australian Infantry Battalion
- Conflict
- First World War, 1914-1918
- Rank
- Second Lieutenant
- London Gazette
- 04 January 1917 on page 255 at position 40
- Commonwealth Gazette
- 29 June 1917 on page 1392 at position 115
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Honours and Awards:
- Unit
- 1 Corps
- Conflict
- Second World War, 1939-1945
- Rank
- Colonel
- London Gazette
- 30 December 1941 on page 7357 at position 18
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First World War Embarkation Roll:
- Conflict
- First World War, 1914-1918
- Rank
- Second Lieutenant
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Honours and Awards:
- Unit
- 3rd Australian Division Signals Company
- Conflict
- First World War, 1914-1918
- Rank
- Lieutenant
- London Gazette
- 25 August 1917 on page 8825 at position 11
- Commonwealth Gazette
- 20 December 1917 on page 3383 at position 2
Timeline
| Date of birth | 13 April 1894 | |
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| Date of enlistment | 29 May 1916 | |
| Date of embarkation | 06 June 1916 | |
| Date returned to Australia | 21 December 1917 | |
| Date of death | 23 August 1964 |
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