Percival SIMMONS

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Service Number:	7080
Enlisted:	29 September 1916, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	6th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Walhalla, Victoria, Australia, 7 February 1892
Home Town:	Bowenvale, Central Goldfields, Victoria
Schooling:	State School, Victoria, Australia
Occupation:	Miner
Died:	Killed in Action, France, 10 August 1918, aged 26 years
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France)

29 Sep 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 7080, 6th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria
23 Nov 1916:	Involvement Private, 7080, 6th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '8' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Hororata embarkation_ship_number: A20 public_note: ''
23 Nov 1916:	Embarked Private, 7080, 6th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Hororata, Melbourne
20 Sep 1917:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 7080, Severe gunshot wound to the right shoulder penetrating his chest
10 Aug 1918:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 7080, 6th Infantry Battalion, "The Last Hundred Days"

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Son of Thomas John Simmons and Elizabeth Mary Simmons nee Gribble of Bowenvale, Victoria

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal