Norman Henry SIMMONS

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Service Numbers:	1086, 1189
Enlisted:	29 September 1914, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria. Originally issued with service number 1189 but later changed to 1086
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	7th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Fitzroy, Victoria, Australia, 1890
Home Town:	Carlton, Melbourne, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Iron Moulder
Died:	Sydney, New South Wales, Australia , 1969, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Not yet discovered
Memorials:

29 Sep 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1086, 8th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria. Originally issued with service number 1189 but later changed to 1086
22 Dec 1914:	Involvement Private, 1189, 8th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '9' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Themistocles embarkation_ship_number: A32 public_note: ''
22 Dec 1914:	Embarked Private, 1189, 8th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Themistocles, Melbourne
25 Feb 1915:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 7th Infantry Battalion, From the 8th Battalion
8 May 1915:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 1086, 7th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, Gunshot wound to the back. Invalided to Malta on 17 May 1915 aboard HMHS Braemar Castle
21 Feb 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 1086, 7th Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 3rd Military District

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Son of Raphael Simmons and Kate Simmons nee Israel of of 269A Rathdown Street, Carlton, Victoria

Commenced return to Australia on 23 October 1918 aboard HT Durham disembarking on the 23 December 1918

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

In March 1967 he was residing at the Park House Flats, Dowling Street, West Kensington, NSW