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SIMONS, Thomas Edward
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 7965 |
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| Enlisted: | 30 July 1917, Enlisted at Adelaide,SA |
| Last Rank: | Sapper |
| Last Unit: | 2nd Tunnelling Company (inc. 5th Tunnelling Company) |
| Born: | Cornwall, England, 2 May 1877 |
| Home Town: | Clarence Park, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Pipe Layer |
| Died: | Marleston, South Australia, 21 September 1955, aged 78 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Cheltenham Cemetery, South Australia Interred on the 22 September 1955, Area Section T, Drive D, Path 21, Grave 301C. Internment number C14352 and which expired on 22 September 2005 |
| Memorials: | Hawthorn Victory Lodge Roll of Honour |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 30 Jul 1917: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Sapper, 7965, Tunnelling Companies, Enlisted at Adelaide,SA | |
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| 21 Nov 1917: | Involvement Sapper, 7965, Tunnelling Companies, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '6' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Nestor embarkation_ship_number: A71 public_note: '' | |
| 21 Nov 1917: | Embarked Sapper, 7965, Tunnelling Companies, HMAT Nestor, Melbourne | |
| 19 Mar 1918: | Transferred AIF WW1, Sapper, 2nd Tunnelling Company (inc. 5th Tunnelling Company), From Tunnelling Companies re-inforcements | |
| 29 Oct 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Sapper, 7965, 2nd Tunnelling Company (inc. 5th Tunnelling Company), Discharged at the 4th Military District |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of Henry Simons of Cornwall, England
Husband of Amelia Isabel Mowat Simons nee Hammond of Frederick Street, Clarence Park, SA. Thomas a Amelia were married on 26 June 1899 at the residence of G. Hammond of Findon, SA. Father of Gordon George Simons, Harry Edward Simons, Ivy Amelia Simons and Lydia Evelyn Simons
Commenced return to Australia on 24 July 1919 aboard HT Bakara disembarking on the 29 September 1919
Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
At the time of his death he was residing at Allenby Gardens, SA