SIM, David
| Service Numbers: | 3468, 3468B |
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| Enlisted: | 5 October 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 53rd Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Dalkeith, Scotland, November 1884 |
| Home Town: | Sydney, City of Sydney, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Stone mason |
| Died: | 24 January 1957, cause of death not yet discovered, place of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
| Memorials: | Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial |
World War 1 Service
| 5 Oct 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3468, 53rd Infantry Battalion | |
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| 19 Jul 1916: | Imprisoned Fromelles (Fleurbaix), Interned at Geffangenlager Dulmen | |
| 16 May 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 3468B, 53rd Infantry Battalion, 2nd MD | |
| Date unknown: | Involvement Private, 3468, 53rd Infantry Battalion |
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From AWM
Ex-Prisoner of War (POW) 3468B Private (Pte) David Sim, 53rd Battalion, from Willoughby, Sydney, NSW (previously from Dalkeith, Scotland) with an unidentified Scottish soldier and child, possibly his relatives. Pte Sim enlisted on 17 July 1915 at the age of 31 and embarked for overseas with the 1st Battalion, on 5 October 1915 aboard HMAT Themistocles. He was captured at Fleurbaix, near Fromelles, France, on 20 July 1916 and held as a POW in Germany until repatriated to England on 17 December 1918. Pte Sim arrived back in Australia on 16 May 1919. One of a series of over 400 photographs sent by Australian POWs in German camps to Miss M. E. Chomley, Secretary, Prisoners Department, Australian-British Red Cross Society, London. Original album housed in AWM Research Centre at RC00864, Album image number 371.
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