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  • Leslie Walter Simpson †

confirmed

Born: 1 January 1894

Died: 22 August 1916

Died on service.

Killed by a sniper while working in a fatigue party at the 31st Battalion's trenches at Fleurbaix. 

His mother moved to Mosman some time after 1917. [JSB]

Name recorded
  • Leslie Walter Simpson
Service number
  • Service number 3045
Rank
  • Held rank of Private
Birth record
  • 1894 in North Sydney, NSW, Australia
Death record
  • 22 August 1916 in Fleurbaix, Pas-de-Calais, France
Address
  • Inidom, 6 Musgrave Street, Mosman, NSW, Australia
Relationships
  • Father - Robert Simpson
  • Mother - Emily Jane Newton
Organisation
  • 31st Battalion, AIF
Main sources
  • Find War Dead (webpage)
  • Red Cross Wounded and Missing: Leslie Walter Simpson (webpage)
  • NEW SOUTH WALES. KILLED IN ACTION. (newspaper article)
  • SIMPSON Leslie Walter : Service Number - 3045 : Place of Birth - Sydney NSW : Place of Enlistment - Casula NSW : Next of Kin - (Mother) SIMPSON Emily Jane (webpage)

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