William Hart SIMPSON

Regimental number64671
OccupationLabourer
Next of kinMother, Mrs Ellen Simpson, Te Kopuru
Rank on embarkationPrivate
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, 32nd Reinforcements, Canterbury Infantry Regiment, C Company
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on board HMNZT 96 Maunganui on 21 November 1917
Final rankPrivate
Final unit1st Battalion, Canterbury Infantry Regiment
FateDied of wounds 24 April 1918
Age at death from cemetery records21
Place of burialDoullens Communal Cemetery Extension No 1(Plot VI, Row B, Grave No 66), Somme, France
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Mother: Mrs E. Simpson, Grey Lynn, Auckland
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNominal Roll Vol. 3: Roll 75, p. 33

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