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SIMMS, Alfred
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 2015 |
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| Enlisted: | 16 January 1915, Liverpool, New South Wales |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 1st Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Kentucky, New South Wales, 10 June 1888 |
| Home Town: | Lidcombe, Auburn, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Lithgow State School |
| Occupation: | Morse telegraphist/Railway clerk |
| Died: | Natural causes, Mona Vale, New South Wales, 26 May 1950, aged 61 years |
| Cemetery: |
Northern Suburbs Memorial Gardens and Crematorium, NSW Cremated |
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Service History
World War 1 Service
| 16 Jan 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2015, 1st Infantry Battalion, Liverpool, New South Wales | |
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| 25 Jun 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 2015, 1st Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Ceramic embarkation_ship_number: A40 public_note: '' | |
| 25 Jun 1915: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 2015, 1st Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ceramic, Sydney | |
| 5 Aug 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 2015, ANZAC / Gallipoli | |
| 6 Aug 1915: | Wounded The August Offensive - Lone Pine, Suvla Bay, Sari Bair, The Nek and Hill 60 - Gallipoli, Fractured left leg and right arm | |
| 7 Jun 1916: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 2015, 1st Infantry Battalion |
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Son of Edward William and Caroline (nee Stewart, formerly Cormack) Simms. Like his father he worked for the NSW railways. Alfred was a sniper at Lone Pine at Gallipoli, where he was badly wounded. Unable to return to Railways after the war and did clerical work, first for the Dept. of Repatriation, then the G.P.O. and finally as a costing clerk at Garden Island for the R.S.N. (as a civilian). He was in and out of hospital most of the time, and lost his left leg. He married in 1916 and had 3 daughters. He is listed on War Memorial at Lidcombe, Sydney.