Lawrence Stephen SIMMONS

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SIMMONS, Lawrence Stephen

Service Numbers:	3248, VX12729
Enlisted:	28 September 1915, Enlisted at Seymour, Victoria
Last Rank:	Driver
Last Unit:	2nd/1st Railway Construction Company (RAE)
Born:	Carlton, Victoria, Australia, 15 September 1893
Home Town:	Footscray, Maribyrnong, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Motor Driver
Died:	Heidleberg, Victoria, Australia, 1955, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Not yet discovered
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World War 1 Service

28 Sep 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3248, 23rd Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Seymour, Victoria
26 Nov 1915:	Involvement Private, 3248, 23rd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '14' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Commonwealth embarkation_ship_number: A73 public_note: ''
26 Nov 1915:	Embarked Private, 3248, 23rd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Commonwealth, Melbourne
23 Feb 1916:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 58th Infantry Battalion, From 23rd Battalion
26 Sep 1916:	Transferred AIF WW1, Driver, 6th Field Artillery Brigade , From 58th Battalion. Promoted to Driver when taken on strength
28 Jun 1917:	Promoted AIF WW1, Driver, 6th Field Artillery Brigade
10 Jul 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Driver, 3248, 6th Field Artillery Brigade , Discharged at the 3rd Military District

World War 2 Service

22 Apr 1940:	Enlisted VX12729, 2nd/1st Railway Construction Company (RAE), Enlisted at Caulfield, Victoria with the rank of Sapper
15 Sep 1943:	Discharged VX12729, At the Royal Australian Engineer Training Centre with the rank of Sapper

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Biography contributed by Carol Foster

Son of Stephen Simmons and Alice Singer formerly Simmons nee Gibbs of 40 Whitehall Street, Footscray, Victoria.

Brother of Albert Ernest Simmons who died as a Prisoner of War on 31 August 1918 having served with the 6th Battalion and is buried in the Cologne Southern Cemetery Plot XV, Row A, Grave 53

Commenced return to Australia on 5 April 1919 aboard HT Armagh disembarking on 18 May 1919

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

During 1926c Lawrence married May Adeline Sears in Victoria

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