Simpson, Charles Archibald (Private, b.? - d.1916) Accession Number: 1DRL/0570

Description

Collection relating to the service of 2787B Private Charles Archibald Simpson, 10 Battalion, AIF, France, 1916. Collection consists of typed extracts from seven letters written by Private Simpson to his father between April and July 1916. Copies made by the Australian War Memorial. Location of original letters unknown.

Contextual Description

Biographical note: 2787B Private Charles Archibald ("Banjo") Simpson, 10 Battalion, AIF, who between 19 and 23 August 1916 was killed in the vicinity of Mouquet Farm (Pozieres). Other biographical details concerning him are: clerk (in Government Land & Survey Office, Adelaide) of Henley Beach, South Australia, born Horsey, London, England; educated at the Central Foundation school, Cowper Street, London; came to Australia when 19 years old; age at time of death, 23 years 9 months.

Details

Accession Number
1DRL/0570
Classification
Private Record
Object Type
Letter
Measurement
Archived measurement
Date Made
1928
Place Made
Whole/Part
Collection
Item Count
9
Access
Open
Copying Provisions
Copyright expired. Copying permitted subject to physical condition. Permission for reproduction not required.
Provenance
AWM93 12/11/454
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

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