William SIMMONS

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SIMMONS, William

Service Number:	993
Enlisted:	25 February 1915, Enlisted at Liverpool, NSW
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	18th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Bathurst, New South Wales, Australia, 1873
Home Town:	Bathurst, Bathurst Regional, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Telegraphist
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World War 1 Service

25 Feb 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 993, 18th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Liverpool, NSW
25 Jun 1915:	Involvement Private, 993, 18th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '12' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Ceramic embarkation_ship_number: A40 public_note: ''
25 Jun 1915:	Embarked Private, 993, 18th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ceramic, Sydney
28 Nov 1916:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 993, 18th Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 2nd Military District as medically unfit due to blindness in the right eye

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Biography contributed by Carol Foster

Son of Willia Simmons and Susan Simmons of Bathurst, NSW. Next of kin given as hi s brother Ernest Simmons of Rankin Street, Bathurst, NSW

Husband of Jessie Simmons of 'Winton', Ocean Street, Bondi, NSW. Jessie wrote to Base Records stating sh was his wife and had read in the paper that he was missing and that they had three children. William had made no mention of a wife and children when enlisting stating that he was a single man

Commenced return to Australia on 11 May 1916 aboard HS Kanowna from Suez

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

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