Claude ZIMMER

ZIMMER, Claude

    Service Number: 2949
    Enlisted: 20 January 1916, Enlisted at Geelong, Victoria
    Last Rank: Private
    Last Unit: 37th Infantry Battalion
    Born: Geelong, Victoria, Australia, 1894
    Home Town: Geelong, Greater Geelong, Victoria
    Schooling: Not yet discovered
    Occupation: Wood Cutter
    Died: Heidelberg, Victoria, Australia, 25 October 1923, cause of death not yet discovered
    Cemetery: Geelong Eastern Cemetery, Victoria
    Roman Catholic, 37-807-170. Grave has no headstone.
    Memorials: Winchelsea Shire of Barrabool Residents Roll of Honor 2
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    World War 1 Service

    20 Jan 1916: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2949, 2nd Pioneer Battalion, Enlisted at Geelong, Victoria
    20 Oct 1916: Involvement Private, 2949, 2nd Pioneer Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '5' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Port Lincoln embarkation_ship_number: A17 public_note: ''
    20 Oct 1916: Embarked Private, 2949, 2nd Pioneer Battalion, HMAT Port Lincoln, Melbourne
    11 Jul 1917: Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 37th Infantry Battalion, From 2nd Pioneer Battalion
    29 Aug 1918: Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 2949, 37th Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 3rd Military District due to being mentally deficient and varicose veins

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    Biography contributed by Carol Foster

    Son of Ernest Wilhelm Zimmer and Mary Zimmer nee Bolger of Bayley Street, Geelong, Victoria.

    Brother of Albert Ernest Zimmer who returned to Australia on 5 August 1919 having served with the 58th Battalion; Leo Vincent Zimmer who returned to Australia on 23 March 1919 having served with the 5th Battalion

    Commenced return to Australia on 10 January 1918 aboard HT Corinthic disembarking on 13 March 1918

    Medals: British War Medal

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