Charles Simson

Ngā ingoa tuatahi

Charles AWMM

Ingoa whānau

Simson AWMM

Ingoa kārangaranga

Charles Simson AWMM

Nama Hōia

WWI 29501 AWMM

Ira tangata

Male AWMM

Pono

Church of England, Christian AWMM

Rā i whānau mai ai

b. 8th April 1887

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Tuhinga mō te whānautanga

Son of Ian & Margaret SIMSON

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Wāhi noho i mua i te whakaurunga

Pre 28 Jun 1916 AWMM Gisbourne, New Zealand AWMM

Uri kiritahi

Ian Simson (father), Te Aroha, New Zealand AWMM

Mēnā he hoa rangatira tōna

Pre 11 Oct 1916 AWMM Single AWMM

Pakanga

World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM

Kauhanga riri

Messines AWMM

Te Ope o Tū / te peka

Army AWMM

Nama Hōia

WWI 29501 AWMM

Te urunga

WW1 28 Jun 1916 AWMM
Age  32 AWMM
Farmer/Civilian AWMM

Taipitopito ekenga waka

WW1 11 Oct 1916-28 Dec 1916 AWMM
HMNZT 67 AWMM Vessel was Tofua AWMM Rifleman AWMM 12th Reinforcements, 1st Battalion, E Company AWMM New Zealand Rifle Brigade AWMM

Tuhinga hauora

• Height, Unknown Period AWMM
  5 foot 10 inches AWMM
• Weight, Unknown Period AWMM
  11 stone 10 pounds AWMM
• Hair colour, Unknown Period AWMM
  Black AWMM
• Eye colour, Unknown Period AWMM
  Blue AWMM
• Complexion, Unknown Period AWMM
  tanned dark AWMM
• Dental, Unknown Period AWMM
  Fair, plate AWMM
• Hospital Diseases , Wounds, WWI AWMM
  June 1917 wounded severe right thigh, left buttock AWMM
• Died of wounds, Cause of Death AWMM

Te tūnga whakamutunga

WW1 Private AWMM
Wellington Infantry Regiment AWMM

Matenga

4 Jul 1917 AWMM
Age  33 AWMM

Te momo matenga

Died of wounds AWMM

Urupā

Brookwood Military Cemetery, Woking, Surrey, England AWMM VIII. D. 12. AWMM

Pānui Matenga

Private Charles M. Simson. who died of wounds on July 4, was the eldest son of Ian Simson, Te Aroha. He was 30 years of age, and was engaged in farming at Te Aroha. Mr. Simson's second eon has been in France for fourteen months, and his youngest son is now in camp at Trentham.

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NEW ZEALAND HERALD, VOLUME LIV, ISSUE 16512, 16 JULY 1917, PAGE 6

Ingoa maumaharatanga

• Te Aroha First World War Memorial, Kenrick Street, Te Aroha. AWMM
• Auckland War Memorial Museum, World War 1 Hall of Memories AWMM

Mea e whai hononga ai

Hononga ki waho

• Military personnel file
  https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R7817537
  Further Reference
• A Street Near You record
  https://astreetnearyou.org/person/399707/-
  Further Reference
• Commonwealth War Graves Commission Casualty record
  https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/399707
  Further Reference

Ngā tuhinga

• Austin, W. (1924). The official history of the New Zealand Rifle Brigade (The Earl of Liverpool's Own). Wellington, N.Z.: L T Watkins.
• New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1917). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume II. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
  43: 25
• 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. 1: Includes portrait
• Roll of Honour, Auckland Province (digital copy), 1914 - 1919. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS-2016-2.
• HMNZT 67. Long Trail. (1916). On board ship:Published by the Right Wing of the 18th Reinforcements.