SIMMONS, Jesse
| Service Number: | 2144 |
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| Enlisted: | 22 September 1914, Enlisted at Blackboy Hill, WA |
| Last Rank: | Driver |
| Last Unit: | 4th Field Artillery Brigade |
| Born: | Tunbridge, England, 1887 |
| Home Town: | Narrogin, Narrogin, Western Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Farmer |
| Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
| 22 Sep 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Gunner, 2144, 3rd Field Artillery Brigade , Enlisted at Blackboy Hill, WA | |
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| 2 Nov 1914: | Involvement Gunner, 2144, 3rd Field Artillery Brigade , --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '3' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Medic embarkation_ship_number: A7 public_note: '' | |
| 2 Nov 1914: | Embarked Gunner, 2144, 3rd Field Artillery Brigade , HMAT Medic, Fremantle | |
| 31 Dec 1914: | Promoted AIF WW1, Bombardier, 3rd Field Artillery Brigade | |
| 21 Jan 1916: | Promoted AIF WW1, Corporal | |
| 10 May 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Driver, 1st Divisional Ammunition Column | |
| 18 Oct 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Driver, 2nd Divisional Ammunition Column, From the 1st Divisional Ammunition Column | |
| 3 Nov 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Driver, 4th Field Artillery Brigade, From the 2nd Divisional Ammunition Column | |
| 21 Dec 1918: | Discharged AIF WW1, Driver, 2144, 4th Field Artillery Brigade, Discharged at the 5th Military District |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Address at the time of enlistment was 'Kulin', Geetaning, Narrobin, WA
Son of Samuel Simmons of Pitt Farm, Harptree, Bristol, England
Husband of Eva Emily Simmons nee Cheshire of Mount Pleasant, Whitechurch, Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire, England. Jesse and Eva were married on 29 September 1917 in the Whitechurch Parish Church, Buckingham. Vicar Hugh Wood officiated. In 1929 Eva was still living in England. Jesse had returned to his pre-war land near Narrogin, WA
Commenced return to Australia 24 August 1918 disembarking on the 8 September 1919 at Melbourne before boarding Rotamahana for onward travel to Perth, WA
Medals:: 1914-15 Star, Britis War Medal, Victory Medal