Walter Leslie SIMONS

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Service Number:	2984
Enlisted:	10 July 1916, Enlisted at Perth, WA
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	51st Infantry Battalion (WW1)
Born:	Carlton, Victoria, Australia, 24 February 1900
Home Town:	Perth, Western Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Plantagenet, Western Australia, 18 December 1966, aged 66 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Allambie Park Cemetery, Albany, Western Australia
Memorials:

10 Jul 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2984, 51st Infantry Battalion (WW1), Enlisted at Perth, WA
9 Nov 1916:	Involvement Private, 2984, 51st Infantry Battalion (WW1), --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '19' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Argyllshire embarkation_ship_number: A8 public_note: ''
9 Nov 1916:	Embarked Private, 2984, 51st Infantry Battalion (WW1), HMAT Argyllshire, Fremantle
24 Oct 1917:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 2984, 51st Infantry Battalion (WW1), Wound to the left hand
27 May 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 2984, 51st Infantry Battalion (WW1), Discharged at the 5th Military District

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Son of Ernest Herbert Simons and Amy Simons of Morgans, WA

Commenced return to Australia on 3 March 1919 aboard HT Euripidies disembarking on the 19 April 1919

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

During 1932c Walter married Sophia L. Helwig in Irwin shire, WA