Waldo Lovat SIMPSON

Regimental number8/621
AddressGreen Island, Dunedin
Marital statusSingle
Next of kinMrs M Simpson, Kirkland Street, Green Island, Dunedin
Rank on embarkationPrivate
Enlistment statusVolunteer
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, Main Body, Otago Infantry Battalion
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on 16 October 1914
Members of the Otago Infantry Battalion, Main Body, left Wellington on 16 October 1914 on two ships, HMNZT 9 'Hawke's Bay' and HMNZT 5 'Ruapehu'. From the Nominal Roll it is not possible to determine on which ship an individual embarked.
Final rankCorporal
Final unitNew Zealand Post & Telegraph Corps
FateDied of disease 19 February 1917
Age at death from cemetery records22
Place of burialBoulogne Eastern Cemetery (Plot VIII, Row B, Grave No 184), Pas de Calais, France
Miscellaneous information from
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Parents: Margaret and the late George Simpson, Green Island, Dunedin
Other details

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

Miscellaneous detailsNominal Roll Vol. 1: Otago Infantry Batln/Main Body

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