Walter SIMMS

Regimental number25953
OccupationEngine driver
Next of kinMother, Mrs Selina Simms, Stoney Creek, Whakaronga
Rank on embarkationRifleman
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, New Zealand Rifle Brigade, 11th Reinforcements to 1st and 2nd Battalions, E Company
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on board HMNZT 64 Devon on 25 September 1916
Final rankRifleman
Final unit1st Battalion, New Zealand Rifle Brigade
FateDied of wounds 2 October 1917
Age at death from cemetery records24
Place of burialWimereux Communal Cemetery (Plot VI, Row B, Grave No 29A), Pas de Calais, France
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Mother: Mrs S. Simms, Stoney Creek, Whakaronga
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNominal Roll Vol. 2: Roll 41, p. 30