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Private WILLIAM SIMPSON

Service Number: 2438
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Australian Infantry, A.I.F.

20th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 06 May 1916

Age 49 years old

Buried or commemorated at

ESTAIRES COMMUNAL CEMETERY AND EXTENSION

II. N. 6.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service Australian
  • Additional Info Son of Richard and Hannah Simpson. Born at Rochdale, England.
  • Personal Inscription IN LOVING MEMORY OF OUR DEAR BROTHER UNTIL THE DAY OF RESURRECTION
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Buried or commemorated at

ESTAIRES COMMUNAL CEMETERY AND EXTENSION
Nord France
Number of casualties: 900
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