Robert SIMPSON

Regimental number12/2470
AddressAponal, Opotiki
Marital statusSingle
Next of kinMother, Mrs P Simpson, 19 Earl Street, Scotstown, Glasgow, Scotland
Rank on embarkationPrivate
Enlistment statusVolunteer
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, 5th Reinforcements, Auckland Infantry Battalion
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on board HMNZT Maunganui on 13 June 1915
The 5th Reinforcements, Auckland Infantry Battalion, left New Zealand on board three ships, HMNZT 24 'Maunganui', HMNZT 25 'Tahiti', and HMNZT 26 'Aparima'. It is not possible from the Nominal Roll to determine on which ship an individual embarked.
Final rankLance Corporal
Final unit1st Battalion, Auckland Infantry Regiment
FateKilled in Action 27 September 1916
Age at death from cemetery records25
Place of burialNo known grave
Commemoration detailsCaterpillar Valley (New Zealand) Memorial, Longueval, Somme, France
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Mrs Penelope Simpson, 19 Earl Street, Scotstoun, Glasgow, Scotland, and the late Frederick Simpson. Also served in Mesopotamia.
Other details

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal

Miscellaneous detailsNominal Roll Vol. 1: Auckland Infantry Batln/Fifth

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