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Norman Richard SIM

Regimental number5405
Place of birthIpswich, Queensland
SchoolValley State School, Brisbane, Queensland
ReligionPresbyterian
OccupationLabourer
AddressBrisbane, Queensland
Marital statusMarried
Age at embarkation26
Next of kinWife, Mrs Annie Josephine Sim, Hawthorn Street, New Farm, Brisbane, Queensland
Enlistment date25 February 1916
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name25th Battalion, 14th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/42/4
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Brisbane, Queensland, on board HMAT A50 Itonus on 8 August 1916
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll25th Battalion
FateKilled in Action 4 October 1917
Age at death27
Age at death from cemetery records27
Place of burialTyne Cot Cemetery (Plot LVII, Row E, Grave No. 5), Passchendaele, Belgium
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
106
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: James and Isabella SIM, Bulimba, Queensland
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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