Peter John SIMMONS

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Service Number:	1953
Enlisted:	29 March 1915, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	22nd Infantry Battalion
Born:	Richmond, Victoria, Australia, 1894
Home Town:	Richmond Plains, Loddon, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Cheltenham, Victoria, Australia, 1971, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Fawkner Memorial Park Cemetery, Victoria Roman Catholic area I, Grave 4073. Interred on 1 November 1971
Memorials:

29 Mar 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1953, 22nd Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria
26 Aug 1915:	Involvement Private, 1953, 22nd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '14' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Anchises embarkation_ship_number: A68 public_note: ''
26 Aug 1915:	Embarked Private, 1953, 22nd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Anchises, Melbourne
15 Jul 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 1953, 22nd Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 3rd Military District

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Son of James Simmons and Mary Ann Simmons nee Murray of 37 Brougham Street, Richmond, Victoria

Commenced return to Australia on 8 April 1919 aboard HT Trasos Montes disembarking on 22 May 1919

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

During 1928 Peter married Ivy Eileen Leahy in Victoria