Simpson, William Ballantyne

 Person: id 4038
University connections
USyd
Event flag
World War I
Family name
Simpson
Given name(s)
William Ballantyne
Initials
W.B.
Gender
Male
Survived
Survived WWI
OCRd book entry or other narrative
LL.B. : Driver, 11th Field Coy., Engineers, A.I.F., France. Enlisting in July, 1915, was retained in Australia as lieutenant, A.M.F.
Visible notes
He was seconded to the A.I.F. as a temporary brigadier on 17 February 1941 and made deputy judge advocate-general of the A.I.F. in the Middle East. Back in Australia in June 1942, he became D.J.A.G. at Land Headquarters, Melbourne. On 23 September he succeeded W. J. MacKay as director-general of security.
ADB Entry ID
11700
WWI
Yes
Basic Information needed
No
Flag BoR OCR text
Yes
BOR Archives File
Yes
Source Details text
SUU 08/04/1943Legal Digest (SUA S109/9/1)
 
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