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SIMPSON, Frederick Leonard
(Service number 36494)

Commemorative medal
Waimate War Memorial (right panel), pictured in 2011
Waimate War Memorial, pictured in 2011
Aliases
First Rank Rifleman Last Rank Private

Birth

Date Unknown Place of Birth

Enlistment Information

Date Age
Address at Enlistment C/- B Corry, Morven
Occupation Labourer for B Corry, Morven
Previous Military Experience
Marital Status
Next of Kin F. Simpson (father), Lincoln, Canterbury, New Zealand
Religion
Medical Information

Military Service

Served with NZ Armed Forces Served in
Military District

Embarkation Information

Body on Embarkation New Zealand Rifle Brigade
Unit, Squadron, or Ship Reinforcements, G Company
Date 19 January 1917
Transport Waitemata
Embarked From Destination Plymouth, Devon, England
Other Units Served With
Last Unit Served With Auckland Infantry Regiment, 3rd Battalion

Military Awards

Campaigns
Service Medals
Military Awards

Award Circumstances and Date

No information

Prisoner of War Information

Date of Capture
Where Captured and by Whom
Actions Prior to Capture
PoW Serial Number
PoW Camps
Days Interned
Liberation Date

Discharge

Date Reason

Hospitals, Wounds, Diseases and Illnesses

Post-war Occupations

Death

Date 4 October 1917 Age
Place of Death Ypres, Belgium
Cause Killed in Action
Notices
Memorial or Cemetery Tyne Cot Memorial, Tyne Cot Cemetery, Zonnebeke, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium
Memorial Reference NZ Apse, Panel 1
New Zealand Memorials Auckland War Memorial Museum, World War 1 Hall of Memories; On Memorial wall, Timaru (as L C Simpson)?; Waimate First World War Memorial (as L Simpson)?

Biographical Notes

Son of Mr. and Mrs. Frederick Simpson, of Lincoln, Canterbury

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