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Alfred Allen Simpson

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workshop and Fred in the stove factory in Pirie Street. Both also served in the retail shop where they later took on management tasks — Allen in the internal running of the business and Fred in charge of marketing and purchasing of raw materials: tinned and galvanized sheet metal, rivets and so
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in 1913 and again in 1914, again second only to Bonython as the youngest to hold that office. With the recession brought on by the closing of mines in 1914 and the record drought, he brought forward outstanding works such as extensions to the
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Both Allen and his brother, Frederick Neighbour Simpson, learned the trade of tinsmith, much as their father and grandfather had done, except that they were not apprenticed; Allen learned the craft in the
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forth. When their father took a trip to England in 1900 Allen acted as General Manager. The firm by this stage had 330 employees. A challenge at this time was
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Allen Simpson had his father's social responsibility in regard to his workers and to society in general. He was elected to the Hindmarsh ward of the
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helped found the Belgium Relief Fund. He made it clear to his employees that any volunteers for overseas service with the
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Alfred Allen Simpson (1875–1939) married Janet Doris Hübbe (1887–1950) in 1910. Janet was a daughter of educator
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in 1896 and served as President of the South Australian branch from 1925 to 1930. He contributed generously to
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Derek Allen Frederick Simpson (8 August 1920 – 14 September 1975) married Virginia Russell on 17 May 1947.
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Audrey Katherine Allen Simpson (30 January 1917 – 27 February 2014) married Professor
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to learn about the systems of old-age pensions and electric tramways. He was elected
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The Clelands of Beaumont: a history of 26 generations of a South Australian family
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He was made a Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George (CMG) in the
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He was fluent in spoken and written German, and strongly opposed the 1917
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Donald Adrian Allen Simpson (13 April 1927 – ) married Joana Thomson
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and its president from 1932 to 1934. He was treasurer of the
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in 1901, at the same election as his friend (later Sir)
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from 1933 to 1935, and its vice-president 1935 to 1936.
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Companions of the Order of St Michael and St George
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Index

CBE
CMG
South Australia
A. Simpson & Son
Alfred Simpson
mayor of Adelaide
Alfred Muller Simpson
Gawler Place
Federation
Victoria
Adelaide City Council
John Lavington Bonython
Alderman
Joseph Vardon
Britain
Europe
Mayor of Adelaide
Central Market
Town Hall
South Australian Soldiers' Fund
Lady Galway
1st AIF
Royal Geographical Society of Australasia
C. T. Madigan
Douglas Mawson
Adelaide Chamber of Commerce
Associated Chambers of Commerce of Australia
Bank of Adelaide
South Australian Gas Company
renaming of Germanic placenames

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