Thomas Edward SIMMONS

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Service Number:	5847
Enlisted:	12 July 1915, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria
Last Rank:	Driver
Last Unit:	5th Light Horse Brigade Signal Troop
Born:	Belgrave, Victoria, Australia, 1898
Home Town:	Belgrave, Yarra Ranges, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Hawthorn, Victoria, Australia, 1951, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Not yet discovered
Memorials:	Tecoma Belgrave War Memorial

12 Jul 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Sapper, 5847, 3rd Light Horse Brigade Signal Troop, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria
28 Dec 1915:	Involvement Sapper, 5847, 3rd Light Horse Brigade Signal Troop, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '6' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Themistocles embarkation_ship_number: A32 public_note: ''
28 Dec 1915:	Embarked Sapper, 5847, 3rd Light Horse Brigade Signal Troop, HMAT Themistocles, Melbourne
15 Aug 1917:	Transferred AIF WW1, Sapper, 1st Signal Squadron
21 Oct 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Driver, 5847, 5th Light Horse Brigade Signal Troop, Discharged at the 3rd Military District

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Served as Edward Thomas Simmons

Son of Thomas Simmons and Henrietta Simmons of Belgrave, Victoria

Commenced return to Australia on 26 July 1919 aboard HT Burma disembarking on the 28 August 1919

Medals, British War Medal, Victory Medal

During 1936c Thomas married Doris Maud Garraway in Victoria