Henry Hunt SIMONS

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Service Number:	4906
Enlisted:	7 September 1915, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	57th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Burke's Flat, Wehla, Victoria, Australia, 1888
Home Town:	Burkes Flat, Loddon, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Mildura, Victoria, Australia, September 1970, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Fawkner Memorial Park Cemetery, Victoria Presbyterian area C, Grave 1923. Cremation service held on the 29 September 1970
Memorials:

7 Sep 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 4906, 6th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria
7 Mar 1916:	Involvement Private, 4906, 6th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '8' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Wiltshire embarkation_ship_number: A18 public_note: ''
7 Mar 1916:	Embarked Private, 4906, 6th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Wiltshire, Melbourne
20 Apr 1916:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 57th Infantry Battalion, From 6th Battalion
20 Jul 1916:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 4906, 57th Infantry Battalion, Wound to the right knee
15 Jun 1917:	Discharged AIF WW1, 4906, 57th Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 3rd Military District as medically unfit due to wounding

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Son of John Cornelius Simons and Catherine Simons nee Callow of Burke's Flat, Victoria

Commenced return to Australia on 17 March 1917 aboard HT Beltana disembarking on 12th May 1917

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal