Volunteers of Essendon and Flemington, 1914-1918
Sergeant Frederick Horace Simpson, 29 Battalion. Horace was promoted to Lance Sergeant on
12 August 1916, and to Sergeant on 6 February 1917, as Pay Sergeant. Courtesy of Laurine Lee.
Simpson F H L Cpl 633 Frederick Horace 29 Inf Bn 22 Grain clerk Single C of C
Address: Flemington, Wellington St, “Lynwood”
Next of Kin: Simpson, F G, father, “Lynwood”, Wellington St, Flemington
Enlisted: 20 Jul 1915
Embarked: A11 Ascanius 10 Nov 1915
Corporal Frederick Horace Simpson, taken in Melbourne prior to
departure with the 29 Inf Bn, Courtesy of Laurine Lee.
29 Infantry Battalion Headquarters Officers and Staff, in France, May 1917. Sergeant F H Simpson is in the second last row, second from the left. Lieutenant Henry Campbell Brady of Essendon is standing in the row second from the front, and second from the right. Sgt Horace Simpson of Flemington, Sergeant H S Ruff of Ascot Vale, and Sergeant H A Gray of Moonee Ponds are also in this portrait. AWM H00352.
Horace Simpson with his parents and younger brother, Henry: L to R: Barbara Isabella nee Lyall, Frederick Horace Simpson, Frederick George Simpson, Henry Simpson. Courtesy of Laurine Lee.
Horace worked for grain merchants Lyall and Sons in North Melbourne, which came about via his mother's side of the family. She was Barbara Lyall. All his cousins were the Lyalls of Geelong where they had another branch. He attended Swanston Street Church of Christ and was their secretary. He gave all his time to the church there, and he is on the honour roll. V C Walker is also listed on the roll, my other great grandfather. They had gone to church together and both met up in France, we have each of their diaries documenting it. Little did they know each would survive, go home, be married, stay in the same church. Horace had two girls, Vern had two boys, the eldest of each being my grandmother and grandfather who married in 1946. It really is an amazing tale. There are many of them! (Courtesy of Laurine Lee.)
Horace Simpson returned to Australia in 1919 with the rank of Sergeant in the Army Pay Office.
AFTER THE WAR
The wedding party includes, from the left, Muriel Urie, Horace Simpson, Henry Simpson, Marjorie Ramsay (later Mumford), Grace Hardie Urie, William Ralph Urie and Rea Doreen Lawson (later Hedley). 4 December 1920. Courtesy of Noelle Nathan.
Horace Simpson and his wife Amy Davies after the war, on the beach at Point Lonsdale.
Courtesy of Laurine Lee.
War Service Commemorated
See Newmarket Church of Christ
Essendon Gazette Roll of Honour Wounded
Regimental Register
Swanston Street Church of Christ
Swanston Street Church of Christ, with the names V C Walker
and F H Simpson at the bottom right, Courtesy of Laurine Lee.
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