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Private WILLIAM JAMES SIMPSON

Service Number: 41641
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Otago Regiment, N.Z.E.F.

1st Bn.

Date of Death

Died 07 September 1918

Age 27 years old

Buried or commemorated at

FINS NEW BRITISH CEMETERY, SOREL-LE-GRAND

VIII. A. 18.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service New Zealand
  • Additional Info Husband of Helena Simpson, of Rimu St., Inglewood, Taranaki, New Zealand.
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Buried or commemorated at

FINS NEW BRITISH CEMETERY, SOREL-LE-GRAND
Somme France
Number of casualties: 1550
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