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William Harold SIMCOCK

Regimental number2213
Place of birthCanmanta, South Australia
ReligionMethodist
OccupationLabourer
AddressStrathalbyn, South Australia
Marital statusMarried
Age at embarkation30
Next of kinWife, Mrs Rosie May Simcock, c/o Mr S Pallant, Bletchley, South Australia
Enlistment date25 January 1916
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name5th Pioneer Battalion, Reinforcement 3
AWM Embarkation Roll number14/17/3
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Adelaide, South Australia, on board HMAT Seang Bee on 13 July 1916
Rank from Nominal RollLance Corporal
Unit from Nominal Roll5th Pioneer Battalion
FateDied of wounds 17 October 1917
Place of death or woundingPoperinghe, Belgium
Age at death32
Age at death from cemetery records32
Place of burialLijssenthoek Military Cemetery (Plot XXI, Row E, Grave No. 15A), Belgium
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
175
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Edward and Bertha SIMCOCK; husband of R.M. SIMCOCK, Strrathalbyn, South Australia
Family/military connections[Probably] Brother: No.951 David Simcock, 11th Battalion, who was killed in action at Gallipoli on 2 May 1915.

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