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SIMMS, Walter Scott
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 877 |
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| Enlisted: | 18 August 1914, Randwick, New South Wales |
| Last Rank: | Corporal |
| Last Unit: | 1st Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Manly, New South Wales, 16 May 1891 |
| Home Town: | Manly, Manly Vale, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Accountant |
| Died: | Natural causes, Manly, New South Wales, 28 December 1961, aged 70 years |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
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Service History
World War 1 Service
| 18 Aug 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 877, Randwick, New South Wales | |
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| 18 Oct 1914: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 877, 1st Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Afric embarkation_ship_number: A19 public_note: '' | |
| 18 Oct 1914: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 877, 1st Infantry Battalion, HMAT Afric, Sydney | |
| 22 Apr 1915: | Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 1st Infantry Battalion | |
| 25 Apr 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 877, 1st Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli | |
| 30 Apr 1915: | Wounded Lance Corporal, 877, 1st Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, GSW (ankle) | |
| 20 Jun 1915: | Promoted AIF WW1, Corporal, 1st Infantry Battalion | |
| 6 Aug 1915: | Wounded Corporal, 877, 1st Infantry Battalion, The August Offensive - Lone Pine, Suvla Bay, Sari Bair, The Nek and Hill 60 - Gallipoli, 2nd occasion - GSW (elbow) | |
| 5 May 1916: | Discharged AIF WW1, Corporal, 877, 1st Infantry Battalion, Medically unfit |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Judith Sloan
Son of Clarence Arthur Edenborough Simms and Margaret Mackay. A brother of Lachlan Hereward, who also served.
Sydney Morning Herald 12 May 1915 had an article Men of the Dardenelles which listed Walter Scott Simms as wounded and said he was employed in Edison & Swan United Electric Light Co. and that he was very interested in sport.
Walter died on 28 Dec 1961 at Manly in New South Wales - he appears on Electoral Rolls for Manly, Sydney until 1958, with his wife Gertrude Hilda.
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