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SIMPSON, Alexander Thomas
Personal Details
Service Number: | 14435 |
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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. |
Memorials: |
Service History
World War 1 Service
16 Mar 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Sapper, 14435, 1st Australian Wireless Squadron, Sydney | |
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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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