SIMS, Walter Marshall
| Service Number: | SX12460 |
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| Enlisted: | 30 April 1941, Wayville, SA |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 2nd/27th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Port Augusta, SA, 2 February 1915 |
| Home Town: | Wilmington, Mount Remarkable, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Wilmington Public School, SA |
| Occupation: | Butcher |
| Died: | Died of wounds, Papua, 2 December 1942, aged 27 years |
| Cemetery: |
Port Moresby (Bomana) War Cemetery, Papua New Guinea Port Moresby (Bomana) War Cemetery, Bomana, Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea |
| Memorials: | Adelaide WW2 Wall of Remembrance, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Iron Knob War Memorial, Warooka District WW2 Honour Board, Wilmington WW2 Roll of Honour |
World War 2 Service
| 30 Apr 1941: | Involvement Private, SX12460, 27th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 30 Apr 1941: | Enlisted Wayville, SA | |
| 30 Apr 1941: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, SX12460, 2nd/27th Infantry Battalion | |
| Date unknown: | Involvement |
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Pte. Wally Sims AIF of Wilmington aged 28. Son of Mr and Mrs H S Sims of Wilmington. Educated at Wilmington Public School. Fond of all sport. Very popular and had many friends. In civil life was for eight years in Laura as a butcher and then employed by the BH Pty Ltd for three years and later went to Inneston. Enlisted in April 1941 and saw service in the Middle East. Returned to Australia in March 1942 and sent to New Guinea where he died of wounds received in action on December 2 1942.
Information supplied from The Personal Pictorial Honor Roll of South Australians who enlisted in the Second World War.
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