William Ernest SIMONS

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Service Number:	3000
Enlisted:	22 August 1916, Enlisted at Brisbane, QLD
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	49th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Narrabri, New South Wales, Australia, 1887
Home Town:	Brisbane, Brisbane, Queensland
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Cook
Died:	Queensland, Australia, 1974, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Townsville (Belgian Gardens) Cemetery, Qld Section G3, Row 6, Grave 38
Memorials:

22 Aug 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3000, 49th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Brisbane, QLD
29 Oct 1916:	Involvement Private, 3000, 49th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '19' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Marathon embarkation_ship_number: A74 public_note: ''
29 Oct 1916:	Embarked Private, 3000, 49th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Marathon, Brisbane
13 May 1918:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 3000, 49th Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 1st Military District as medically unfit due to Nephritis

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Son of William Edward Simons and Louisa Mary Simons nee Burns of Narrabri, NSW

Next of kin given as his brother Horace John Simons of Tenterfield, NSW

Commenced return to Australia on 30 January 1918 aboard HT Euripides disembarking at Melbourne for onward travel by rail to QLD

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

On 14 Febraury 1943 William married Isla Morrison in QLD