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William Herman ZIMMER

Regimental number3256
Place of birthGeelong West, Victoria
ReligionPresbyterian
OccupationClerk
AddressGeelong, Victoria
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation20
Next of kinFather, William Herman Zimmer, 14 McKillop Street, Geelong, Victoria
Enlistment date19 September 1916
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name57th Battalion, 8th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/74/4
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A7 Medic on 16 December 1916
Rank from Nominal RollLance Corporal
Unit from Nominal Roll57th Battalion
FateKilled in Action 17 June 1918
Age at death from cemetery records21
Place of burialRibemont Communal Cemetery (Row A, Grave No. 3), France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
164
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: William Henry and Elizabeth Alice ZIMMER, Casterton, Victoria
Other details

War service: Western Front

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