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SCHIMLICK, William
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 2759 |
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| Enlisted: | 5 March 1916 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 29th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Stawell, Victoria, Australia, 1894 |
| Home Town: | Bairnsdale, East Gippsland, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Killed in Action, France, 23 March 1917 |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 5 Mar 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2759, 29th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 14 Mar 1916: | Involvement Private, 2759, 29th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '16' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Anchises embarkation_ship_number: A68 public_note: '' | |
| 14 Mar 1916: | Embarked Private, 2759, 29th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Anchises, Melbourne |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Stephen Brooks
William Schimlick was killed by a shell on 23 March 1917. His brother, 4183 Pte. Charles Stanley Schimlick 59th Battalion AIF, had been killed in action at Fromelles on 19 July 1916, age 21. Neither boy has a known grave.
They were the sons of William Charles and Emma Jane Schimlick of Bairnsdale, Victoria. Their younger sister had also died in Bairnsdale of tuberculosis during 1914, aged 14.