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Cenotaph record

Leo Edward Simpson

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Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Leo Edward AWMM
  • Surname
    Simpson AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    61858 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi
  • Hapū
  • Waka
  • Rohe
  • Religion
    Anglican, Christian AWMM

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    1911 AWMM AWMM
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
    Unknown AWMM C/o Inglewood Hotel, Inglewood, Taranaki, New Zealand AWMM
  • Post war occupation
    Wool classer/Civilian AWMM
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    Mrs K. Simpson (mother), 12 Massey Street, New Plymouth, Taranaki, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status
    Unknown AWMM Single AWMM

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM
  • Campaign
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Service number
    61858 AWMM
  • Military service
  • Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers

Military decorations

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Training and Enlistment

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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

Last known rank

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  • Last rank

Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Son of Kate Simpson and Francis Walter Simpson. AWMM

Death

About death

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  • Death
    21 March 1963 AWMM
    Age 52 AWMM
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  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
    Waikumete Cemetery, Glen Eden, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM Soldiers Burial L Row 4, Plot 61 AWMM
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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  • Memorial name
    Memorial plaque, St Judes (Anglican) Church, St Jude Street, Avondale, Auckland AWMM

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