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Donald Ernest Simpson

In memory of:

Lance Corporal Donald Ernest Simpson

September 15, 1918

Military Service


Service Number:

706084

Age:

29

Force:

Army

Unit:

Canadian Infantry (Central Ontario Regiment)

Division:

54th Bn.

Additional Information


Born:

July 18, 1889

Son of Graham F. and Elizabeth S. Simpson, of 314, Cook St., Victoria, British Columbia.

Commemorated on Page 500 of the First World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information


Cemetery:

AUBIGNY COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION
Pas de Calais, France

Grave Reference:

IV. B. 28.

Location:

Aubigny Communal Cemetery is south of the village of Aubigny-en-Artois and the Cemetery Extension is behind it. The village of Aubigny-en-Artois is approximately 15 kilometres north-west of Arras on the road to St. Pol. After turning into the village from the N.39 on the D.75, the Cemetery lies south on a road leading from the centre of the village.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

Digital Collection

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  • Circumstances of death registers– Circumstances of Death- Lance Corporal Donald Ernest Simpson
  • Newspaper clipping– From the Daily Colonist of September 22, 1918. Image taken from web address of https://archive.org/details/dailycolonist60y249uvic/mode/1up?view=theater

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