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Name:
George Barré Goldie Simpson
 Relationship to Rotrud
Birth:
1887 Woolahra, New South Wales
Father:
Archibald Henry Simpson
Mother:
Alice Marion Goldie
Death:
6 August 1915 - 9 August 1915 Lone Pine, central Anzac aged 27
Remarks:
He was a former grazier.

In WW1, he was a Lance Corporal in the 4th Battalion that took part in the opening attack on Turkish positions at Lone Pine on 6 August 1915. Such was the confusion it was known only that he lost his life sometime between 6 and 9 August.

The 4th Battalion suffered heavily during the Lone Pine battle with every officer hit, including the medical officer and the Dean of Sydney (the battalion chaplain) with the exception of the quartermaster. During the four day long action the battalion suffered 474 casualties.

http://www.anzacsite.gov.au/2visiting/graves/g_johnstonsjolly.html

He is buried at JOHNSTON'S JOLLY CEMETERY, Turkey, Sp. Mem. 35.

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