Jack Robinson SIMMONS MM

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SIMMONS, Jack Robinson

Service Number:	2455
Enlisted:	12 July 1915, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	23rd Infantry Battalion
Born:	Geelong, Victoria, Australia, 1893
Home Town:	Prahran, Stonnington, Victoria
Schooling:	Ashley State School, Geelong, Victoria, Australia
Occupation:	Hardware Buyer
Died:	Killed in Action, France, 3 May 1917
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France)

World War 1 Service

12 Jul 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2455, 23rd Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria
29 Sep 1915:	Involvement Private, 2455, 23rd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '14' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: RMS Osterley embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: ''
29 Sep 1915:	Embarked Private, 2455, 23rd Infantry Battalion, RMS Osterley, Melbourne
28 Jul 1916:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 2455, 23rd Infantry Battalion, Shell shock
14 May 1917:	Honoured Military Medal, Bullecourt (Second), Citation reads: For conspicuous gallantry as a runner during the attack on the Hindenburg Line on 3rd May 1917. He crossed the Artillery and Machine Gun barrage twice to get reports from the flanks being wounded three times on the 2nd occasion. London Gazette on 9 July 1917, page 6839, position 62 Commonwealth of Australia Gazette on 8 November 1917, page 2937, position 77

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Biography contributed by Carol Foster

Birth name registered as John Vessy Robinson Simmons, record number 22869

Son of John Ward Simmons and Amy Simmons nee Robinson of 4 Wilson Street, South Yarra, Victoria. Brother of Percy Simmons who returned to Australia on 21 March 1919 having served with the 58th Battalion

Medals: Military Medal, 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal

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