Samuel SIMONS

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Service Number:	5751
Enlisted:	9 March 1916, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	7th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Mitta Mitta, Victoria, Australia, 1873
Home Town:	Dunolly, Central Goldfields, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Carpenter & Engine Driver
Died:	4 February 1940, cause of death not yet discovered, place of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Fawkner Memorial Park Cemetery, Victoria Roman Catholic area R, Grave 3353. Interred on 5 February 1940. Commemorated with a plaque in the Victorian Garden of Remembrance
Memorials:	Fentons Creek Kurraca State School Roll of Honor, Kurraca West State School Roll of Honour

9 Mar 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 5751, 7th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria
3 Jul 1916:	Involvement Private, 5751, 7th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '9' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ayrshire embarkation_ship_number: A33 public_note: ''
3 Jul 1916:	Embarked Private, 5751, 7th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ayrshire, Melbourne
6 Jan 1918:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 1st Field Company Engineers, From 7th Battalion.
23 Aug 1918:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 5751, 1st Field Company Engineers, Gunshot wound to the left forearm. Invalided to England on 1 September 1918
3 Feb 1920:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 5751, 7th Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 3rd Military District as medically unfit due to wounding. Date of returning to the 7th Battalion is not clear

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Son of Samuel Simons and Harriet Lovenear Simons nee Hargles of Mitta Mitta, Victoria

Husband of Elizabeth Simons of Dunolly, Victoria

Commenced return to Australia on 12 December 1918 aboard HT Nestor disembarking on the 1 February 1919

In 1933 he was residing in Nimmo Street, Albion Paark, Victoria

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal