SIMMS, Samuel Charles
| Service Numbers: | 1822, 1725 |
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| Enlisted: | 28 January 1915, Liverpool, New South Wales |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 53rd Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Quirindi, New South Wales, 24 February 1878 |
| Home Town: | Sydney, City of Sydney, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Rydal & Lithgow State Schools |
| Occupation: | Railway clerk |
| Died: | Natural causes, Sydney, New South Wales, 6 August 1940, aged 62 years |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
| Memorials: | Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial |
World War 1 Service
| 28 Jan 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1822, 1st Infantry Battalion, Liverpool, New South Wales | |
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| 10 Apr 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 1822, 1st Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Argyllshire embarkation_ship_number: A8 public_note: '' | |
| 10 Apr 1915: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 1822, 1st Infantry Battalion, HMAT Argyllshire, Sydney | |
| 27 Jun 1915: | Wounded ANZAC / Gallipoli, Shell wound (leg) | |
| 20 Jul 1916: | Imprisoned Fromelles (Fleurbaix) | |
| 2 Jan 1920: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 1725, 53rd Infantry Battalion |
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Son of Edward William and Caroline (nee Stewart, formerly Cormack) Simms. Father worked for NSW Railways and Charlie started work in NSW, later West Australia. He enlisted at Liverpool, Sydney 1 Feb 1915 age 36. Saw brief service at Gallipoli (wounded), then north Africa briefly, then posted to France.
Taken prisoner of war in August 1916. He received Red Cross parcels and cards and letters from his family in Australia at both the Dulmen and Schneidemuhl POW camps in Germany.
Repatriated back to England in December 1918. He married in 1920 at St. Leonards, Sydney to Evelyn Cale. No children. His brother 2015 Pte. Alfred Simms (/explore/people/212016) also served overseas.