Robert John SIMMONS

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Service Number:	11540
Enlisted:	25 September 1915, Enlisted at Holsworthy, NSW
Last Rank:	Gunner
Last Unit:	4th Field Artillery Brigade
Born:	London, England, 1894
Home Town:	Sydney, City of Sydney, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Seaman
Memorials:

25 Sep 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Gunner, 11540, 5th Field Artillery Brigade , Enlisted at Holsworthy, NSW
15 Jan 1916:	Involvement Gunner, 11540, 5th Field Artillery Brigade , --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '4' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: RMS Osterley embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: ''
15 Jan 1916:	Embarked Gunner, 11540, 5th Field Artillery Brigade , RMS Osterley, Sydney
8 Nov 1916:	Transferred AIF WW1, Gunner, 4th Field Artillery Brigade, In France
2 Feb 1918:	Discharged AIF WW1, Gunner, 11540, 4th Field Artillery Brigade, Discharged at the 3rd Military District as medically unfit due to wasted left leg (old deformity)

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Address at the time of enlistment was Peoples Palace, Pitt Street, Sydney, NSW

Son of Marie Simmons of 11 Box Street, Devon Road. Bowe, England

Commenced return to Australia on 31 October 1917 aboard HT Berrima disembarking at Melbourne on 30 December 1917 for onward travel to Sydney

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

In mid 1935 Robert was residing at 'Delhome', Connels Road, Cronnulla, NSW