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SIMMONS, Lawrence Stephen
Personal Details
| Service Numbers: | 3248, VX12729 |
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| 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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Service History
World War 1 Service
| 28 Sep 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3248, 23rd Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Seymour, Victoria | |
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| 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 | |
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| 15 Sep 1943: | Discharged VX12729, At the Royal Australian Engineer Training Centre with the rank of Sapper |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography 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