Robert Alexander SIMPSON

Regimental number12/2845
AddressArgyle Private Hotel, Morrinsville
Marital statusSingle
Next of kinMother, Mrs Margaret Simpson, 153 Bealey Avenue, Christchurch
Rank on embarkationPrivate
Enlistment statusVolunteer
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, 6th Reinforcements, Auckland Infantry Battalion
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on board Willochra on 14 August 1915
Final rankPrivate
Final unit1st Battalion, Auckland Infantry Regiment
FateKilled in Action 16 September 1916
Age at death from cemetery records30
Place of burialNo known grave
Commemoration detailsCaterpillar Valley (New Zealand) Memorial, Longueval, Somme, France
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Margaret Simpson, 132 Salisbury Street, Christchurch, and the late Alexander Simpson
Other details

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

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

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