Published on: 12 February 2015

Geoff Simpson

Congratulations to Geoff Simpson OAM (1966) who in the Australia Day 2015 Honours List was awarded the Medal of the Order of Australia for service to veterans and their families, and to service groups. Commissioning Co-ordinator of the Perth Sea Water Desalination Plant project was the last job Geoff completed in a career spanning 34 years at the Water Corporation. He retired in 2008 to become Rotary International District Governor for District 9450 for 2009/10 – a district stretching from Fremantle to Kununurra. Three years as the District Trainer followed and he is now the District Chair of the Rotary Foundation Committee. Having served in the CCGS Cadet Unit, he joined the then CMF on leaving school and was commissioned through the University Regiment. He served 31 years, mainly in Engineers, and retired as a Colonel in 1998. He has been the Colonel Commandant of Royal Australian Engineers in WA for the past 13 years. A member of Highgate Sub Branch RSL, Geoff has been Deputy Warden of the State War Memorial since 2011.