George Alexander SIM

Regimental number10/229
Date of birth2 October 1888
Place of birthPalmerston, Otago
ReligionPresbyterian
OccupationLabourer
AddressMartinborough
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation26.10
Height5' 7"
Weight132 lbs
Next of kinG Sim, Te Awamutu
Previous military serviceNaval Cadets, Blenheim (left district)
Enlistment date13 August 1914
Place of enlistmentMasterton
Rank on embarkationPrivate
Enlistment statusVolunteer
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, Main Body, Wellington Infantry Battalion
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on board HMNZT 10 Arawa on 16 October 1914
Final rankPrivate
Final unitWellington Infantry Regiment
FateCommenced return to New Zealand 9 June 1915
Other details

War service: Egypt, Gallipoli

Embarked Wellington, 16 October 1914; disembarked Alexandria, Egypt, 3 December 1914.

Found guilty, 27 February 1915, of being absent from Tattoo Roll Call: charge dismissed.

Embarked Alexandria with unit to join the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force (Gallipoli Campaign), 12 April 1915.

Admitted to HS 'Southland', Dardanelles, 9 May 1915 (gunshot wound, shoulder and neck); transferred to Egyptian Army Hospital, Cairo, 13 May 1915.

Commenced return to New Zealand on board HS 'Willochra', 9 June 1915; disembarked New Zealand, 15 July 1915; discharged (no longer fit for war service on account of wounds received in action), 18 May 1916.

Total war service: 1 year 7 days (of which 273 days were abroad).

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Miscellaneous detailsNominal Roll Vol. 1: Wellington Infantry Batln/Main Body
Date of death10 November 1965, Whangarei
SourcesArchives New Zealand (Wellington), Agency AABK, Series 18805, File 24063406

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