George Albert SIMMONS

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Service Number:	480
Enlisted:	10 August 1916, Enlisted at Claremont, Tasmania
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	1st Machine Gun Battalion
Born:	Scottsdale, Tasmania, Australia, 1893
Home Town:	Kamona, Dorset, Tasmania
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Tasmania, Australia, 31 July 1961, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Ellesmere Cemetery Sometimes referred to as Scottsdale Cemetery
Memorials:

10 Aug 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 480, 4th Machine Gun Company, Enlisted at Claremont, Tasmania
20 Oct 1916:	Involvement Private, 480, 4th Machine Gun Company, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '21' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Port Lincoln embarkation_ship_number: A17 public_note: ''
20 Oct 1916:	Embarked Private, 480, 4th Machine Gun Company, HMAT Port Lincoln, Melbourne
13 Feb 1917:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 5th Machine Gun Company, From 4th Machine Gun Company
28 Sep 1917:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 1st Machine Gun Battalion , From 5th Machine Gun Company
1 Jul 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 480, 1st Machine Gun Battalion , Discharged at the 6th Military District

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Son of Susan Simmons of Kamona, Tasmania

Commenced return to Australia on 31 March 1919 aboard HT Khyber disembarking on 10 May 1919

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal