2368 James Lingard SIMKIN

Date of enlistment	12^th July 1915
Rank at enlistment	Private
Company	C Company
Significant events while with the AIF	Died of Wounds – Pozieres Mentioned in Dispatches

Buried at Puchevillers British Cemetery

Summary of Private Simkin’s WW1 service record, located in the National Archives of Australia. Full details are available online, NAA Series B2455

Date	Location	Event
15^th August 1916	France	Died of Wounds
4^th August 1916	France	Wounded in Action – gunshot wound abdomen and admitted to 3^rd CCS
27^th July – 4^th August 1916	France	Mentioned in dispatches for distinguished and gallant services and devotion to duty during the hard fighting around Pozieres
26^th March 1916	France	Disembarked Marseille
19^th March 1916	Egypt	Proceeded to join British Expeditionary Force from Alexandria on the Llandovery Castle
7^th March 1916	Egypt	Conduct to the prejudice of good military order – at Ferry Post left ranks without permission. Award 48 hours FP#2 and 3 days pay
8^th January 1916	Egypt	Taken on Strength, Tel-el-Kabir
25^th October 1915	Egypt	Disembarked Alexandria
29^th September 1915	Australia	Departed Melbourne on RMS Osterley
3^rd August 1915	Australia	Assigned to 5^th Reinforcements 22^nd Battalion
19^th July 1915	Australia	Marched into Broadmeadows depot