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SIMMONS, Edgar
Personal Details
| Service Numbers: | 8970, 1777 |
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| Enlisted: | 10 June 1915, Originally issued with the service number 1777 Enlisted at Blackboy Hill, WA |
| Last Rank: | Lance Corporal |
| Last Unit: | 2nd Divisional Train |
| Born: | Godstone, England, 1891 |
| Home Town: | Perth, Western Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Horse Driver |
| Died: | East Victoria Park, Western Australia, 28 May 1954, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Karrakatta Cemetery & Crematorium, Western Australia Anglican area, Section ZN, Grave 0085. Internment number K0051706 |
| Memorials: |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 10 Jun 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 8970, 28th Infantry Battalion, Originally issued with the service number 1777 Enlisted at Blackboy Hill, WA | |
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| 23 Jul 1915: | Involvement Private, 1777, 28th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '16' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Demosthenes embarkation_ship_number: A64 public_note: '' | |
| 23 Jul 1915: | Embarked Private, 1777, 28th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Demosthenes, Fremantle | |
| 14 Sep 1915: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 20th Army Service Corps, From the 28th Battalion | |
| 5 Nov 1917: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 2nd Divisional Train, From the 20th Army Service Corps | |
| 9 Jul 1918: | Promoted AIF WW1, Driver, 2nd Divisional Train | |
| 10 Jul 1918: | Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 2nd Divisional Train | |
| 8 Apr 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 1777, 2nd Divisional Train, Discharged at the 5th Military District as medically unfit |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Next of kin given as his sister Edith Ellison nee Simmons of 118 Brackbury Road, Hammersmith, England. Son of Edgar Simmons and Emily Simmons of Godstone, England
Commenced return to Australia on 22 December 1918 disembaking on the 5 February 1919
Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Previously served in the Royal West Surrey Regiment, England
During 1921c Edgar married Maud Douglas in Western Australia