A Transvaal Scottish Jock's 'Died of Wounds' campaign casualty group of 4: Private John Mercer Simpson, 2nd Battalion Transvaal Scottish Regiment, Union Defence Force

- 1939-45 Star (221696 J. M. Simpson)
- Africa Star (221696 J. M. Simpson)
- War Medal (221696 J. M. Simpson)
- Africa Service Medal (221696 J. M. Simpson)

Died of Wounds: John Mercer Simpson, is confirmed being Wounded-in-Action at Sollum, Western Desert, on, 19 December 1941, and again on 11 January 1942. he received a gun shot wound to the back, which fractured his spine. John, subsequently 'Died-of-Wounds' at the No. 5 South African General Hospital, Cairo, Egypt, on, 16 January 1942

The body of Private Simpson is buried in the Heliopolis War Cemetery, Cairo, Egypt, where his memory & supreme sacrifice are commemorated in perpetuity by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission

John Mercer Simpson, a South African of Scottish descent, 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,

The medals all retaining their original silk ribands as issued, and mounted for display on a black flock covered board

Sold together with hard-copy photocopied service records, confirming all wounds, medals and services

Condition: GVF

Code: 21407