Victor George SIMMONS

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Service Number:	2214
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:

6 Jul 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2214, 19th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Liverpool, NSW
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

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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