John SIMMONS

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Service Number:	3499
Enlisted:	12 July 1915, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	14th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Traralgon, Victoria, Australia, 1894
Home Town:	Pakenham, Cardinia, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Farm Labourer
Memorials:

12 Jul 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3499, 14th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria
11 Oct 1915:	Involvement Private, 3499, 14th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '11' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Nestor embarkation_ship_number: A71 public_note: ''
11 Oct 1915:	Embarked Private, 3499, 14th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Nestor, Melbourne
2 Nov 1917:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 3499, 14th Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 3rd Military District as medically unfit due to deafness

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Next of kin given as a Mrs Sheppard of Pakenham, Victoria. Parents deceased

Commenced return to Australia on 22 July 1917 aboard HT Nestor dissembarking on 24 September 1917

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