Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Four: Private J. M. Simpson, 2nd Battalion, Transvaal Scottish, Union Defence Force, who was twice wounded in action, the last during the Battle of Sollum, Egypt, 11 January 1942, proving fatal

1939-45 Star; Africa Star; War Medal 1939-45; Africa Service Medal, all officially impressed (221696 J. M. Simpson) generally very fine (4) £80-£120

John Mercer Simpson was born in Johannesburg, South Africa in August 1910. He enlisted in the Union Defence Force in September 1940, and was subsequently posted to ‘B’ Company, 2nd Battalion, Transvaal Scottish. Simpson disembarked in Egypt in June 1941, and was wounded in action near Sollum, 19 December 1941. He received a gun shot wound to the back, which fractured his spine, during the Battle of Sollum, 11 January 1942.

Simpson died of his wounds at No. 5 SA General Hospital, Cairo, 16 January 1942. Private Simpson is buried in the Heliopolis War Cemetery, Egypt.

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