Ernest Richmond SIMMONS

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SIMMONS, Ernest Richmond

Service Number:	2982
Enlisted:	15 February 1916, Enlisted at Adelaide, SA
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	32nd Infantry Battalion
Born:	Glen Osmond, South Australia, 13 June 1895
Home Town:	Southwark, City of Charles Sturt, South Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Painter
Died:	Southwark, South Australia, 28 April 1937, aged 41 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	West Terrace Cemetery (AIF Section) Light Oval, Road 1S, Aspect East, Grave 19 Interred on 30 April 1937 number WA32103 which expires on 31 December 2032
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World War 1 Service

15 Feb 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2982, 32nd Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Adelaide, SA
11 Apr 1916:	Involvement Private, 2982, 32nd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '17' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Aeneas embarkation_ship_number: A60 public_note: ''
11 Apr 1916:	Embarked Private, 2982, 32nd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Aeneas, Adelaide
1 Dec 1916:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 2982, 32nd Infantry Battalion, Shrapnel wounds to the left leg and back. Invalided to England on the 8 December 1916
6 Feb 1918:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 2982, 32nd Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 4th Military District as medically unfit due to wounding

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Biography contributed by Carol Foster

Son of John Vivian Simmons and Mary Ann Simmons nee Harris of 8 Light Terrace, Southwarth, SA

Brother of John Simmons, George Vivian Simmons, Charles Vivian Simmons, Myrtle Annie Simmons, Jessie Matilda Simmons, William Henry Simmons, Sidney James Simmons, Rose Mary Simmons and Marion May Simmons

Commenced return to Australia on 3 July 1917 aboard HS Karoola disembarking on the 23 August 1917

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

On 8 February 1919 Ernest married Mary Isabella May Martin at the residence of W. Martin of Southwark, SA

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