William Alfred SIMS

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Service Number:	298
Enlisted:	17 August 1914, Place of Enlistment, Ballarat, Victoria.
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	60th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Mount Egerton, Victoria, Australia, 29 August 1894
Home Town:	Not yet discovered
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Farm Labourer
Died:	Natural Causes , Maryborough, Victoria, Australia, 14 March 1967, aged 72 years
Cemetery:	Maryborough Public Cemetery, Victoria Roman Catholic Section, Site No 5722.
Memorials:

17 Aug 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 298, 8th Infantry Battalion, Place of Enlistment, Ballarat, Victoria.
19 Oct 1914:	Involvement Private, 298, 8th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '9' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Benalla embarkation_ship_number: A24 public_note: ''
19 Oct 1914:	Embarked Private, 298, 8th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Benalla, Melbourne
29 Aug 1916:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 60th Infantry Battalion
24 Jan 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 298, 60th Infantry Battalion, Returned to Australia.

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