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• Name
• Initials
• Vorname
• Place of birth Rehia
• Land New Zealand
• Last residence Ponsonby, Auckland
• Family Son of William and Rose Alice Simpkin, of Rehia, North Auckland, New Zealand.
• Education Toka Toka N°2 School at Rehia; Aratapu Secondary School; Auckland Teachers' College
• Profession Teacher at schools of Ngaruawahia and Waingaro

Military service

• Place & date of enlistment 15 December 1915, Ponsonby
• Service number 23/2281
• Rank Rifleman
• Regiment and unit 2nd Bn. New Zealand Rifle Brigade
• Other data related to military career Previously served with 4th Waikato M.R.; embarkation 1 April 1916, Wellington; to France 29 May 1916; wounded 30 September 1916 (left leg);

Death

• Wounded 18 January, Reutel, Beselare
• Type of wounds Died of gunshot wounds both legs, left forearm blown off, in n°3 Can CCS
• Died at the age of 23
• Grave reference Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery XXVII - F - 1A

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