Ralph Osborne SIMPSON

Regimental number12/2844
AddressTe Kopuru
Marital statusSingle
Next of kinMother, Mrs E Simpson, Te Kopuru, Northern Wairoa
Rank on embarkationPrivate
Enlistment statusVolunteer
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, 7th Reinforcements, Auckland Infantry Battalion
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on 9 October 1915
Final rankPrivate
Final unit1st Battalion, Auckland Infantry Regiment
FateDied of wounds 26 September 1916
Place of burialHeilly Station Cemetery (Plot IV, Row H, Grave No 51), Mericourt-L'Abbe, Somme, France
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Mother: Mrs E. Simpson, Te Kapuru, Northern Wairoa
Other details

War service: Egypt, Western Front

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Miscellaneous detailsNominal Roll Vol. 1: Auckland Infantry Batln/Seventh

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