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Private JAMES WILLIAM SIMPKIN

Service Number: 6591
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Australian Infantry, A.I.F.

8th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 12 February 1917

Age 22 years old

Buried or commemorated at

DERNANCOURT COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION

V. A. 32.

France

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  • Country of Service Australian
  • Additional Info Son of James and Jane Simpkin. Native of Casterton. Victoria, Australia.
  • Personal Inscription EVER REMEMBERED BY THOSE WHO LOVED HIM
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Buried or commemorated at

DERNANCOURT COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION
Somme France
Number of casualties: 2167
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