George Frederick SIMMONDS

SIMMONDS, George Frederick

    Service Number: 328
    Enlisted: 19 August 1914, Enlisted at Randwick, NSW
    Last Rank: Sergeant
    Last Unit: 4th Infantry Battalion
    Born: Mount Morgan, Queensland, Australia, 1891
    Home Town: Mount Morgan, Rockhampton, Queensland
    Schooling: Mount Morgan State School, Queensland
    Occupation: Mercer
    Died: Killed in Action, Gallipoli, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 26 April 1915
    Cemetery: No known grave - "Known Unto God"
    No known grave Panel 21, Lone Pine Memorial, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey
    Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Leichhardt War Memorial, Lone Pine Memorial to the Missing
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    World War 1 Service

    19 Aug 1914: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 328, 4th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Randwick, NSW
    19 Oct 1914: Promoted AIF WW1, Corporal, 4th Infantry Battalion, Prior to embarkation
    20 Oct 1914: Involvement 328, 4th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '8' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Euripides embarkation_ship_number: A14 public_note: ''
    20 Oct 1914: Embarked 328, 4th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Euripides, Sydney
    4 Apr 1915: Promoted AIF WW1, Sergeant, 4th Infantry Battalion, On Gallipoli
    26 Apr 1915: Involvement Sergeant, 328, 4th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 328 awm_unit: 4th Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Sergeant awm_died_date: 1915-04-26

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    Biography contributed by Carol Foster

    Son of William Simmonda and Keizah of Mount Morgan, QLD

    Next of kin given as  his brother Charles George Simmonds of 216 Elswick Street, Leichhardt, NSW also brother of Mrs. R.B. Simmonds of Rockhampton, QLD and Arthur William Simmonds of 'Baree', Mt Morgan, QLD

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

    Also served in the Senior Cadets and the Mt Morgan 15th Light Horse Regiment

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