About this objectFramed portrait of Bill in army uniform, with slouch hat. Plain mauve background. Framed with a simple wooden frame. Brass plaque attached to bottom of portraits on the frame with "NX57655
Cpl William SIMPSON
2/90 LAD AMEE AIF WW2".
MakerAnne Marie Ingham
Medium and MaterialsAcrylic on canvas
Subject and Association DescriptionBill Simpson left England for Australia with his family in 1924 and settled at Cumnock. He and Pearl Rogers were married in 1942 when Bill was home on leave from the Middle East where he had served in Palestine and Syria in the 2/90 Light Aid Detachment, working with the 2/1 Survey Regiment, and maintaining the 900 trucks in the convoy. The unit went to Moresby and Bill later went to Rabaul where the “job was to collect all the guns and swords from the Japanese and record all this.” There Bill was mentioned in despatches.
Dedicated to William Simpson
Service: 2/1 Artillery AEME AIF WW2
Date of Birth: 26 January, 1916
Place of Birth: Witton Gilbert, England
Date of Enlistment: 7 July 1940
Place of Enlistment: Trundle NSW
Date of Discharge: 18 March 1946
Rank: Corporal
Date of Death: 16 October, 1994