Alfred Edward George SIMMONS

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SIMMONS, Alfred Edward George

Service Number:	6639
Enlisted:	15 December 1915, Enlisted at Suez, Egypt
Last Rank:	Driver
Last Unit:	14th Field Artillery Brigade
Born:	Melbourne Victoria, Australia, 1887
Home Town:	Fitzroy, Yarra, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Jockey
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World War 1 Service

18 Nov 1915:	Involvement Driver, 6639, 4th Field Artillery Brigade, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '3' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Wiltshire embarkation_ship_number: A18 public_note: ''
18 Nov 1915:	Embarked Driver, 6639, 4th Field Artillery Brigade, HMAT Wiltshire, Melbourne
15 Dec 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Driver, 6639, 4th Field Artillery Brigade, Enlisted at Suez, Egypt
6 Nov 1916:	Transferred AIF WW1, Driver, 3rd Division Artillery
30 Dec 1916:	Transferred AIF WW1, Driver, 9th Field Artillery Brigade , From 3rd Divisional Artillery at Southampton, England
6 Jan 1917:	Transferred AIF WW1, Driver, 8th Field Artillery Brigade , From 9th Field Artillery Brigade in France
17 Apr 1917:	Transferred AIF WW1, Driver, 3rd Divisional Ammunition Column, From 8th Field Artillery Brigade
29 Sep 1917:	Transferred AIF WW1, Driver, 5th Division Artillery , From 3rd D.A.C.
6 Oct 1917:	Transferred AIF WW1, Driver, 14th Field Artillery Brigade , From 5th Divisional Artillery
21 Nov 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Driver, 6639, 14th Field Artillery Brigade , Discharged at the 3rd Military District

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Biography contributed by Carol Foster

Son of Edward Simmons and Lavinia Simmons nee Howe of Hotham West, Victoria

Next of kin given as his aunt Esther Herald of 53 Napier Street, Fitzroy, Victoria

On 16 January 1919 Alfred married Iris Glendenning in the Lambeth Registry Office, England. Registrar J.J. Barwick and Superintendant Edward Wilmott officiated

Commenced return to Australia on 8 August 1919 aboard HT Katoomba disembarking on the 22 September 1919

In February 1942 Alfred was residing at Caves House, Jenolan Caves, NSW

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

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