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Simpson J P E Bugler 635

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Volunteers of Essendon and Flemington, 1914-1918

Simpson J P Earle Bugler 635 John Percy Earle 7 Inf Bn 18 Clerk Single Pres

Address: Newport, Alma Tce, 27

Next of Kin: Simpson, W E, 27 Alma Tce, Newport

Enlisted: 15 Aug 1914

Embarked: A20 Hororata 19 Oct 1914

Prior service: 58 Inf Bn

Enlisted Moonee Ponds

Word has been received by the relatives of Bugler J. P. Earle-Simpson, who left here with the 7th Battalion two years ago, and who was badly wounded at Gallipoli. Since recovery he has been doing light duties on head quarters at Mustapha, Theyvich and Abbassia for some time. He has now been transferred to the Anzac Mounted Division. An extract from a letter received:

You see by the new address that I have been transferred to an other corps--the Anzac Mounted Division. I am now a trumpeter, and also in the famous pipe and brass band. This corps consists of men picked from the Australians and New Zealanders (Anzacs). One has to be five feet ten inches and a good chest measurement and have an excellent good conduct sheet, be recommended by some of the "knuts" of Egypt. I get good food, have a beautiful horse to ride, plenty of work and nothing to growl about. The General says that it is now the best trained corps in the world. If that is true we have something to be proud of. We were told that if we go on the way we are doing we will be in France before long and then on to England .

ROLL OF HONOR. (1916, October 26). The Essendon Gazette and Keilor, Bulla and Broadmeadows Reporter (Moonee Ponds, Vic. : 1914 - 1918), p. 3 Edition: Morning.. Retrieved March 5, 2012, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article74594560