William Thomas SIM

Regimental number9/1110
AddressTemuka
Marital statusSingle
Next of kinFather, Thomas William Sim, Crookston, Otago
Rank on embarkationTrooper
Enlistment statusVolunteer
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, Otago Mounted Rifles Regiment, 6th Reinforcement
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on board HMNZT 28 Tofua on 14 August 1915
Final rankPrivate
Final unit2nd Battalion, Otago Infantry Regiment
FateDied of wounds 15 September 1916
Place of burialNo known grave
Commemoration detailsThistle Dump Cemetery (Special Mmorial 2), High Wood, Longueval, Somme, France
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Father: Thomas William Sim, Kirwee, North Canterbury
Other details

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal

Miscellaneous detailsNominal Roll Vol. 1: Otago Mounted Rifles/Sixth