Andrew John SIMMONS

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Service Number:	473
Enlisted:	15 March 1916, Enlisted at Sydney, NSW
Last Rank:	Lance Corporal
Last Unit:	5th Machine Gun Battalion
Born:	Armidale, New South Wales, Australia, 1890
Home Town:	Leichhardt, Leichhardt, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Cordial Maker
Died:	Bellingen, New South Wales, Australia, 1962, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Not yet discovered
Memorials:

15 Mar 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 473, 14th Machine Gun Company, Enlisted at Sydney, NSW
25 Oct 1916:	Involvement Private, 473, 14th Machine Gun Company, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '21' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ulysses embarkation_ship_number: A38 public_note: ''
25 Oct 1916:	Embarked Private, 473, 14th Machine Gun Company, HMAT Ulysses, Melbourne
1 Oct 1917:	Promoted AIF WW1, Driver, In the field
31 Mar 1918:	Transferred AIF WW1, Driver, 5th Machine Gun Battalion, In the field
15 Jan 1919:	Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 5th Machine Gun Battalion, In France
28 Sep 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 473, 5th Machine Gun Battalion, Discharged at the 2nd Military District

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Son of Charles Simmons and Justina Simmons of Armidale, NSW

Husband of Muriel Elsie Simmons nee McMillan of 96 James Street, Leichhardt, NSW. Andrew and Muriel married in Armidale during 1911

Returned to Australia on 20 August 1919 aboard HT Port Melbourne disembarking at at Melbourne for onward travel to Sydney

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal