Service Number – 5430.
Rank – Private.
Unit / Division – 16th Battalion.
Enlistment Date – 28 December 1915.
Address on Enlistment – Brunswick Junction, W. A.
Occupation on Enlistment – Labourer.
Next of Kin on Enlistment – Father- John Keens Sims, Mother- Margaret Sims, both of Brunswick Junction, W. A.
Religion – Church of England.
Embarkation Details – From Fremantle on 17 April 1916 on HMAT A60 ‘ Aeneas “.
KIA / Mortally Wounded –
Date – 11 April 1917.
Place – Bullecourt, France.
Age at Death – 22.
Burial Location / Commemoration Details – Tilloy British Cemetery Tilloy – les – Mofflaines, Pas De Calais, France ( Plot XI, Row C, Grave No. 10 ).
Panel Number, Roll of Honour (Australian War Memorial) – 81.