Colin Hall Simpson
Major General Colin Hall Simpson, CBE, MC, VD (13 April 1894 – 23 August 1964) was an Australian Army officer who rose to the rank of major general as Signal Officer in Chief during the Second World War. He was one of the founders of , the largest retail pharmacy chain in Australia. During the Second World War he participated in the campaigns in Greece and Syria as Chief Signals Officer of the I Corps. He returned to Australia in 1942 to become the Australian Army's Signal Officer in Chief. He also became the first Australian Corps of Signals officer to reach the rank of major general.
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Colin Hall Simpson
Major General Colin Hall Simpson, CBE, MC, VD (13 April 1894 – 23 August 1964) was an Australian Army officer who rose to the rank of major general as Signal Officer in Chief during the Second World War. He was one of the founders of , the largest retail pharmacy chain in Australia. During the Second World War he participated in the campaigns in Greece and Syria as Chief Signals Officer of the I Corps. He returned to Australia in 1942 to become the Australian Army's Signal Officer in Chief. He also became the first Australian Corps of Signals officer to reach the rank of major general.
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Major General Colin Hall Simps ...... ach the rank of major general.
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كولن هال سيمبسون (بالإنجليزية: ...... 964 في Heidelberg في أستراليا.
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39th Infantry Battalion(1929–33)
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Colonel Colin Simpson as Chief Signal Officer of I Corps, May 1940
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Major General Colin Hall Simps ...... ach the rank of major general.
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كولن هال سيمبسون (بالإنجليزية: ...... 964 في Heidelberg في أستراليا.
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