Service Details
Name:
 SIMPSON
Given Name:
 HECTOR JOSEPH
Initials:
 H J
Rank:
 Lieutenant
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Regiment:
 Rhodesia Native Regiment
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Former Regiment:
 formerly #417 British South African Police. Attested November 1902
Date of Death:
 1917-01-29
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Age:
 29
Cause of Death:
 Killed in action, at Kitanda. Pursued fleeing German Askari who lead his patrol straight into close range fire of a Maxim gun.
Additional
Information:
Son of Mr. J. C. Simpson, of Waipukurau. He took part in the Boer War. After visiting Waipukurau at the close of that struggle, he returned to South Africa, and joined the South African Police.
Commemoration
Country:
 Tanzania
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Cemetery:
 IRINGA CEMETERY
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Grave Reference:
 VII. A. 6.

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