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Identity
Person No.
23182
Service No.
7703
Last Name
Simpson 37
First Name
John Nelson
Initials
J N
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Unknown
Age at Death
Unknown
Death Record
Date of Death
13 October 1917 194
Cause code
KIA 14,781
Killed in action
Cause of Death
Killed in action 14,655
Killed in action, during first battle of Passchendaele
Military Service
Branch
Army
Rank
Corporal
Regiment
3rd South African Infantry 709
Corps
South African Infantry Corps 10,341
Unit
Unknown
Defence Force
UDF 24,808
Union Defence Force
Location
Country
Belgium 1,446
Locality
Ieper, West-Vlaanderen 838
Cemetery
YPRES (MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL 644
Grave Reference
Panel 15 - 16 and 16A. 557
Coordinates
50.8521, 2.89138 OSM
Notes

Son of Mr. Henry Simpson, of Germiston. ***One in three chance that he may be the South African unknown buried in Bedford House Cemetery Enclosure No.4 XIV. D. 32.

Citations

LG Sup 14 January 1918

LG Sup 14 January 1918 p.961
LG Sup 14 January 1918 p.961
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