Alexander Thomas SIMPSON MID

SIMPSON, Alexander Thomas

Service Number: 14435
Enlisted: 16 March 1916, Sydney
Last Rank: Sapper
Last Unit: 1st Australian Wireless Squadron
Born: Gulargambone, New South Wales, Australia, 10 October 1890
Home Town: Gulargambone, Coonamble, New South Wales
Schooling: Gulargambone Public School, New South Wales, Australia
Occupation: Telegraphist
Died: Natural causes, Canterbury, New South Wales, Australia, 29 April 1945, aged 54 years
Cemetery: Rookwood Catholic Cemeteries and Crematoria, New South Wales, Australia
Section M2, Row 18, Plot 389.
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World War 1 Service

16 Mar 1916: Enlisted AIF WW1, Sapper, 14435, 1st Australian Wireless Squadron, Sydney
20 Jun 1916: Involvement Sapper, 14435, 1st Australian Wireless Squadron, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '6' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Katuna embarkation_ship_number: A13 public_note: ''
20 Jun 1916: Embarked Sapper, 14435, 1st Australian Wireless Squadron, HMAT Katuna, Melbourne
21 Feb 1919: Honoured Mention in Dispatches
21 Mar 1919: Embarked AIF WW1, Sapper, 14435, 1st Australian Wireless Squadron, HT Janus, Calcutta for return to Australia - disembarking Sydney 23 April 1919
8 Jul 1919: Discharged AIF WW1, Sapper, 14435, 1st Australian Wireless Squadron

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