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David Simpson

Military Information

  • Date of enlistment: 07.10.1915
  • Place of enlistment: Holdsworthy NSW
  • Service no: 4264
  • Rank: Sapper
  • Service Occupation:
  • Awards:
  • Regiment/Service: Australian Engineers
  • Unit/Ship: 7th Field Company
  • Place of Death: France
  • Age at Death: 37
  • Date of Death: 11.01.1917
  • Burial Country: France
  • Cemetery: Heilly Station Cemetery, Mericourt-L'Abbe
  • Grave/Mem Ref no: V.F.40.

Personal Information

  • Date of Birth:
  • Place of Birth: Dundee
  • Address:
  • Occupation: Seaman
  • Mother:

    Mary Gibb Simpson, 8725, 5th Ave, Brooklyn, New York, USA

  • Father:

    William Simpson, 8725, 5th Ave, Brooklyn, New York, USA

  • Siblings:

    James Young Simpson

  • Spouse:
  • Children:

More about David Simpson

For more information on David, visit his Service Record.

David Simpson   4264   Australian Engineers

SIMPSON—Died of wounds at the Casualty Clearing Station, on the 11th January, Sapper David Gibb Simpson, aged 37 years, beloved son of Mrs Wm Simpson, Dalgleish Street, Tayport. – Inserted by his widowed mother and sisters.

Dundee People’s Journal 27th January 1917

Information supplied by Gary Thomson, additional information and image kindly supplied by Michael Caldwell

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