Gordon Stanley SIMPSON

Regimental number21903
OccupationClerk
Next of kinMother, Mrs Eva Margaret Simpson, Tinwald, Ashburton
Rank on embarkationRifleman
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, New Zealand Rifle Brigade, 7th Reinforcements to 3rd Battalion, G Company
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on board HMNZT 62 Mokoia on 21 August 1916
Final rankCorporal
Final unitNew Zealand Machine Gun Corps
FateKilled in Action 13 January 1918
Age at death from cemetery records20
Place of burialAeroplane Cemetery (Plot VI, Row C, Grave No 6), nr Ieper, Belgium
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Andrew B. and Eva M. Simpson, Christchurch
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNominal Roll Vol. 2: Roll 38, p. 36