In Memory Of
SIMPSON, HECTOR JOSEPH
Service Details
Age:
29
Date of Birth:
-0001-11-30
Rank:
Lieutenant
Regiment:
Rhodesia Native Regiment
Former Regiment:
formerly #417 British South African Police. Attested November 1902
Date of Death:
1917-01-29
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.
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
VII. A. 6.
Cemetery:
IRINGA CEMETERY
Country:
Tanzania
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.
