Max Augustus Sedgley* Simon

  • British War Medal
  • Victory Medal
  • Born 16 September 1894, Myross Bush, Southland, New Zealand
  • Died 25 March 1974, Invercargill
  • Last rank Trooper.
  • Service number 58150
  • Served In Canterbury Mounted Rifles, 34th Reinforcements, New Zealand Expeditionary Force
  • Next of Kin Mrs Emma Simon (mother), Myross Bush, Southland
  • Pre-war occupation Ice-cream Manufacturer and Farmer
  • ReligionPresbyterian
  • Enlisted7 June 1917
  • Embarkationaboard HMNZT 98, Tofua, departed 13 November 1917, disembarked 21 December 1917, Suez, Egypt
  • Theatres of operationEgyptian E.F. 1917-1918
  • Periods of service187 days in New Zealand and one year 315 days overseas in Egypt. Total service of two years and 137 days
  • Returned to New Zealandaboard Hororata, 23 September 1919
  • Discharged21 October 1919, on termination of period of engagement
  • AwardedBritish War Medal and Victory Medal
Notes

*Also listed as Max Agustus Sedgley Simon.

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