Thomas SIMMONS

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Service Number:	2513
Enlisted:	15 May 1916, Enlisted at Bankstown, NSW
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	56th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Bankstown, New South Wales, Australia, 1898
Home Town:	Bankstown, Bankstown, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Labourer
Memorials:

15 May 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2513, 54th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Bankstown, NSW
30 Nov 1916:	Involvement Private, 2513, 54th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '19' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Aeneas embarkation_ship_number: A60 public_note: ''
30 Nov 1916:	Embarked Private, 2513, 54th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Aeneas, Sydney
25 Apr 1917:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 62nd Infantry Battalion, From 54th Battalion
2 Oct 1917:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 54th Infantry Battalion, From 62nd Battalion
11 Oct 1918:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 56th Infantry Battalion, From 54th Battalaion
28 Aug 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 2513, 56th Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 2nd Military District

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Son of Thomas Simmons and Mary Williams formerly Simmons of Bankstown, NSW

Next of kin given as his step-father George Williams of Nicholls Street, Lakemba, NSW

Commenced return to Australia of 2 June 1919 aboard HT Beltana disembarking on 20 July 1919

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

In August 1933 Thomas was residing at Port MacQuarie, NSW with his postal address being C/- the Tamworth Post Office, NSW

In 1935 Thomas went propecting for gold near Gundagai, NSW