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Sydney Simson

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Portait of Sydney Simson in army uniform - possibly taken in France. Image kindly provided by Helen Sherpa (February 2022).

Portait of Sydney Simson in army uniform - possibly taken in France. Image kindly provided by Helen …

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Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Sydney AWMM
  • Surname
    Simson AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
    Sydney Simson AWMM
  • Service number
    • WWI 10/203 AWMM
    • WWI 10/293 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
    • Unknown AWMM Thyra Street, Dannevirke, New Zealand AWMM
    • Dannvirke where father had a tailoring business with 7 employees Public - Helen - Other relative - 30 January 2022 - family records and Julian Jigsaw family history
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    • E.A. Simson (father), Thyra Street, Dannevirke, New Zealand AWMM
    • Sydney was son of Emanual Ambrose Simson and Elizabeth Emma(nee Luckens) one of seven brothers and two sisters - six of the brothers went overseas in WWI Public - Helen - Other relative - 30 January 2022 - Julian Jigsaw and family records
  • Relationship status
    • Pre 16 October 1914 AWMM Single AWMM
    • grew up in Wellington then moved Dannevirke in 1905 where father was a tailor Public - Helen - Other relative - 30 January 2022 - Julian Jigsaw and family records

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
  • Campaign
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Service number
    • WWI 10/203 AWMM
    • WWI 10/293 AWMM
  • Military service
  • Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers

Military decorations

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Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
  • Enlistment
    WW1 Unknown AWMM AWMM
  • Occupation before enlistment
  • Age on enlistment

Embarkations

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Prisoner of war

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  • Capture details
  • Days interned
  • Liberation date
  • Liberation Repatriation
  • POW liberation details
  • POW serial number

Medical history

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  • Medical notes
    Killed in Action, Cause of Death AWMM

Last known rank

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Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Sydney Simson was the son of Mr. E.A. Simson, of Thyra Street, Dannevirke, Hawke's Bay, New Zealand, and the late Mrs. E. Simson.

    Serial number is in Nominal Rolls as 10/293, in Archives New Zealand and CWGC as 10/203. AWMM

Death

About death

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  • Death
    16 September 1916 AWMM
    Somme, Northern France AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
    Killed in Action AWMM
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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  • Memorial name
    Caterpillar Valley (New Zealand) Memorial, Caterpillar Valley Cemetery, Longueval, Somme, France AWMM

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Sources

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Contributors

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DateFirst namesLocationRelationshipContact
10 September 2023Ian BanksTaumarunui New ZealandResearcher
31 January 2022Helen Kathmandu NepalDirect descendant
21 May 2015GlennKaroriResearcher

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