Archie Frank Simpson

Forenames

Archie Frank AWMM

Surname

Simpson AWMM

Service number

WWI 48283 AWMM

Gender

Male AWMM

Date of birth

19 December 1896

Public - Allan - Researcher - 29 August 2023 - Archives NZ WW 1 Army Records 48183

Place of birth

Feilding

Public - Allan - Researcher - 29 August 2023 - Archives NZ WW 1 Army Records 48183

Next of kin

J. Simpson (father), Lees Line, Feilding, New Zealand AWMM

War

World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM

Armed force / branch

Army AWMM

Service number

WWI 48283 AWMM

Enlistment

WW1 Unknown AWMM Shepherd/Civilian AWMM

Embarkation details

WW1 09 Jun 1917-16 Aug 1917 AWMM
HMNZT 85 AWMM Vessel was Willochra AWMM Private AWMM 26th Reinforcements, F Company AWMM New Zealand Expeditionary Force AWMM

Medical notes

Died of Disease, Cause of Death AWMM
Died of disease AWMM

Last rank

WW1 Private AWMM
Canterbury Infantry Regiment, 4th Battalion, D Company AWMM

Archie Simpson was the youngest son of John and Elizabeth Simpson, of Lees Line, Feilding, New Zealand. AWMM

Death

6 Dec 1917 AWMM
Age  21 AWMM

Cause of death

Died of Disease AWMM

Cemetery

Etaples Military Cemetery, Pas-de-Calais, France AWMM XXXI. A. 2A. AWMM

Obituary

SIMPSON.—In sad and loving memory of our dear son and brother, Rifleman Archie Frank Simpson, who died of cerebrospinal meningitis at No. 46 Stationary Hospital, Staples, France, December G, 1917, aged 21 years.
Loved by all.
In the old home, dear, you are fondly remembered, Sweet happy memories cling round your name.
True hearts that held you in fondest affection
Always shall love you in death just the same.
—Inserted by his loving father and mother, brother arid sisters.

Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 26 February 2024 - FEILDING STAR, VOLUME XIV, ISSUE 3651, 6 DECEMBER 1918, PAGE 2

Memorial name

Memorial on the Tombstone of John Simpson in the Feilding Cemetery

Public - Allan - Researcher - 21 February 2019 - Manawatu District Council Cemetery Records and taken from Tombstone

Memorial reference

Block 3 Row 5 Plot 406

Public - Allan - Researcher - 21 February 2019 - Manawatu District Council Cemetery Records and taken from Tombstone

Related Serviceperson

External links

• Military personnel file
  https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R7817302
  Further Reference
• A Street Near You record
  https://astreetnearyou.org/person/498202/-
  Further Reference
• Commonwealth War Graves Commission Casualty record
  https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/498202
  Further Reference
• New Zealand War Graves Trust
  https://www.nzwargraves.org.nz/
  Further Reference

References

• New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1918). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume III. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
  66: 17
• Beattie, P.J. & Pomeroy, M. (2013-2020). Onward : portraits of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force (vols 1-5). Auckland, New Zealand: Fair Dinkum Publications
  Vol. 2: Includes portrait
• The Fields of Remembrance Trust: Brothers Field, Auckland Museum (Armistice, 2018)
• Ferguson, David (1921). The history of the Canterbury Regiment, N.Z.E.F. 1914-1919. Whitcombe and Tombs Ltd: Auckland, N.Z.
• HMNZT 85. The straggler's echo : an unreliable record of the 26th Reinforcements on board H.M. Troopship. [1917]. Capetown: Cape Times Printers.