George Goodman Simpson


Captain George Goodman Simpson was an Australianborn flying ace credited with eight confirmed victories while flying for the Royal Naval Air Service during World War I. He would serve his country again during World War II.

George Goodman Simpson was born in Saint Kilda, Victoria, Australia, on the outskirts of Melbourne onSeptember 1896, to Minna Alice Lazarus and George Green Simpson. By 1901, the Simpson family, which included elder brother Rolfe, was living at Swaynes Hall, Saint Marys Church National School, in Saffron Walden, England. In 1916, George Goodman Simpson lived in Regents Park. In later life Simpson would claim to be native to London, England. He joined the Artists Rifles as a private soldier before World War I.

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