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Military service
Service number:
F/78273
Age:
22
Rank:
Trooper
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Canadian Dragoons, R.C.A.C.
Division:
1st Armd. Car Regt.
Birth:
May 5, 1921
Lanarkshire, Scotland
Enlistment:
May 5, 1941
Death:
November 28, 1943
Italy
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
C, F, 345.
Additional information
Son of John and Mary Simpson, of Sydney Mines, Nova Scotia.
Digital gallery of Trooper John Simpson
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Entrance
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Agira Canadian War Cemetery
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Agira Canadian War Cemetery
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View of Mt. Enna
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Photo of Gravemarker
Gravemarker Photo courtesy of Thomas L. Skelding -
Grave marker
Grave marker from John Simpson's grave at Agira Canadian War Cemetery. -
Newspaper clipping
Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Trooper John Simpson
Digital gallery of
Trooper John Simpson
Digital gallery of
Trooper John Simpson
Digital gallery of
Trooper John Simpson
Digital gallery of
Trooper John Simpson
Digital gallery of
Trooper John Simpson
Digital gallery of
Trooper John Simpson
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 213 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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