Volunteers of Essendon and Flemington, 1914-1918
Simpkins C H V Pte 19123 Charles Harry Vincent Army Medical Corps 21 Clerk Single C of E
Address: Moonee Ponds, Lorne St, 55
Next of Kin: Simpkins, M L, Mrs, mother, 55 Lorne St, Moonee Ponds
Enlisted: 30 Apr 1917
Embarked: A38 Ulysses 22 Dec 1917
SIMPKINS -Mrs H Simpkins, Moonee Ponds, has been notified that her son. Private C H V Simpkins, is suffering from gunshot wounds in the head. He was scoutmaster of 1st Essendon Scouts.
The Argus 12 November 1918 http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article1424814
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Mrs. H. Simpkins, 55 Lorne street, Moonee Ponds, has received notice that her son, Pte. C.H.V. Simpkins, was wounded in France on 29th September, and removed to Weymouth Hospital, England, suffering from gunshot wounds in the head. Prior to enlistment he was on the Australian Imperial Boy Scouts Headquarters and also Scoutmaster of the 1st Essendon Troop of Scouts.
- ROLL OF HONOR. (1918, November 21). The Essendon Gazette and Keilor, Bulla and Broadmeadows Reporter (Moonee Ponds, Vic. : 1914 - 1918), p. 2 Edition: Morning. Retrieved September 3, 2012, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article74607706
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