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Military service
Service number:
467604
Age:
20
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Manitoba Regiment)
Division:
8th Bn.
Birth:
April 25, 1896
Kankakee, Illnois
Enlistment:
February 21, 1916
Edmonton, Alberta
Death:
September 8, 1916
France
Burial/memorial information
Additional information
Son of George Levi and Mary Magdalene Simpkins, of Leduc, Alberta.
Additional citations
British War Medal, Victory Medal
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Circumstances of Death Registers
Circumstances of Death- Private George Simpkins -
Memorial
His name as it is inscribed on the Vimy Memorial. Over 11,000 fallen Canadians having no known place of burial in France, are honoured on this Memorial. May they never be forgotten. (J. Stephens)
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Private George Park Simpkins
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Private George Park Simpkins
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Private George Park Simpkins
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Private George Park Simpkins
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 162 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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