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Military service
Service number:
K/34031
Age:
22
Rank:
Signalman
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
The Royal Canadian Corps of Signals
Division:
1st Div. Sigs.
Birth:
March 21, 1921
Toronto, Ontario
Enlistment:
October 4, 1939
Prince Rupert, British Columbia
Death:
October 6, 1943
Italy
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
III. C. 27.
Additional information
Son of Andrew and Lila Simpson of Vancouver, British Colombia. Husband of Audrey Gwenda (née French) Simpson of Shorten Farm, Preston, England. Father of Josephine Simpson.
Additional citations
1939-45, Italy Star, Defence Medal, War Medal, Canadian Volunteer Service Medal and Clasp.
Digital gallery of Signalman George Elmer Simpson
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Newspaper clipping
From a World War 2 issue of the Vancouver Province c.1943. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From a World War 2 issue of the Vancouver Province c.1943. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Signalman George Elmer Simpson
Digital gallery of
Signalman George Elmer Simpson
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 213 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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