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SIMMONS, Victor George
Personal Details
Service Number: | 2214 |
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Enlisted: | 6 July 1915, Enlisted at Liverpool, NSW |
Last Rank: | Private |
Last Unit: | 19th Infantry Battalion |
Born: | Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 1891 |
Home Town: | Mascot, Botany Bay, New South Wales |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Iron Monger |
Died: | New South Wales, Australia , 26 August 1981, cause of death not yet discovered |
Cemetery: |
Wauchope Cemetery, Wauchope, New South Wales, Australia Presbyterian Section. Headstone inscription reads: Lest we forget and includes the Rising Sun Badge |
Memorials: |
Service History
World War 1 Service
6 Jul 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2214, 19th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Liverpool, NSW | |
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30 Sep 1915: | Involvement Private, 2214, 19th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '13' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Argyllshire embarkation_ship_number: A8 public_note: '' | |
30 Sep 1915: | Embarked Private, 2214, 19th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Argyllshire, Sydney | |
26 Jul 1916: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 2214, 19th Infantry Battalion, Wound to the left heel. Embarked HS Newhaven at Calais for England on 3 August 1916 | |
14 Aug 1917: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 2214, 19th Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 2nd Military District as medically unfit due to wounding. Not suitable for active service |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of John Simmons and Mary Ann Simmons of Wilson Street, Mascot, NSW
Commenced return to Australia on 4 May 1917 aboard HT Runic as wounded and only suitable for home service.
Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
During 1921c Victor married Sarah Mary C. Rowling in Redfern, NSW