Lieut W.S. Simpson

2nd Lieutenant William Stephen SIMPSON
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SIMPSON
Lieutenant William Stephen

No. 12/1795, 3rd Rfts. 15th (North Auckland) Coy., Auckland Battalion, New Zealand Expeditionary Force

Born 24th May 1893, in Petone / Pahiatua, Wairarapa, New Zealand.
[Birth cert. 1893 2599 (Hutt dist. Sep qtr) NZ]

Educated: Auckland Grammar School, NZ.

Single; Solicitor's Clerk / Law Student, office of Hall, Skelton & Skelton, solicitors, of Paparoa, Kaipara, Auckland, New Zealand.

Next Of Kin: Brother; Henry Simpson / Father; Andrew Sloan Simpson / Mother; Mary Simpson, of Palmerston North / Auckland, New Zealand.

Photos of Lieutenant Simpson are known to exist in the following:
Auckland Weekly News 1 Jul 1915 p38. Canterbury Times 4 Aug 1915


Killed in action
31st May 1915
Monash / Shrapnel Valley, central Anzac sector
Aged 22





15 Nth Auckland badge
15th (North Auckland) Coy., Auckland Battalion, NZEF

Por Devoir
(For Right)


No Known Grave

Name commemorated on the Lone Pine memorial, Anzac



Notes:

NOK address also given as: Parents; Mr and Mrs Andrew Simpson, Waldegrave Street, Palmerston. 22 years old on May 24. Brother; Henry Simpson, Palmerston North. (New Zealand Herald 4 June 1915 p9 & Auckland Weekly News 10 Jun 1915 p20/21).
Law student. Had passed the examination for captaincy; was for a time the recruiting officer. (New Zealand Herald 7 June 1915 p7).

Moved to Auckland with parents in about 1900.

NOK listed as Brother; H. Simpson, Palmerston North (NZ embarkation list).
Brother; Edward Simpson, of Palmerston North (History Sheet).

'On July 8th the Battalion was relieved [from Courtney's Post] and went into reserve in Monash [Valley], during which time Lieut. Simpson was killed by a sniper.' (Burton p52). [In Appendix D, page 283, date of death is given as 31 May 1915].

A letter from Captain C.S. Algie, the officer commanding Lieut. Simpson's company (the 15th - North Auckland), states that:
'On May 30, Lieutenant Simpson was superintending the construction of a road in what was regarded as a safe area when he was struck in the back by a spent bullet. Death was instantaneous.' (Canterbury Times 28 July 1915 p61 & Auckland Weekly News 22 July 1915 p56).


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