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SIMPKIN, Jonas Robert
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 3260 |
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| Enlisted: | 19 July 1915, Melbourne, Vic. |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 2nd Machine Gun Company |
| Born: | Lexton, Victoria, Australia, 1887 |
| Home Town: | Lexton, Pyrenees, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | 10 May 1950, cause of death not yet discovered, place of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
| Memorials: | Lexton A.N.A. Branch 91 Pictorial Roll of Honour |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 19 Jul 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3260, 24th Infantry Battalion, Melbourne, Vic. | |
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| 26 Nov 1915: | Involvement Private, 3260, 24th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '14' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Commonwealth embarkation_ship_number: A73 public_note: '' | |
| 26 Nov 1915: | Embarked Private, 3260, 24th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Commonwealth, Melbourne | |
| 24 Feb 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 8th Infantry Battalion, Egypt | |
| 9 May 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 2nd Machine Gun Company, France | |
| 23 Jul 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 3260, 2nd Machine Gun Company, Battle for Pozières | |
| 4 Jan 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 3260, 2nd Machine Gun Company, RTA 15 April 1918 and discharged as MU (illness). |
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