SIMMONS, John Dudley
| Service Number: | 3686 |
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| Enlisted: | 17 January 1916, Enlisted at Casula, NSW |
| Last Rank: | Sapper |
| Last Unit: | 1st Tunnelling Company (inc. 4th Tunnelling Company) |
| Born: | Tenterfield, New South Wales, Australia, 1890 |
| Home Town: | Paddington, Woollahra, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Cook |
| Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
| 17 Jan 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Sapper, 3686, 1st Tunnelling Company (inc. 4th Tunnelling Company), Enlisted at Casula, NSW | |
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| 22 May 1916: | Involvement Sapper, 3686, 1st Tunnelling Company (inc. 4th Tunnelling Company), --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '6' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Warilda embarkation_ship_number: A69 public_note: '' | |
| 22 May 1916: | Involvement Sapper, 3686, No 4th Tunnelling Company - Headquarters No 1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '6' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Warilda embarkation_ship_number: A69 public_note: '' | |
| 22 May 1916: | Embarked Sapper, 3686, No 4th Tunnelling Company - Headquarters No 1, HMAT Warilda, Sydney | |
| 22 May 1916: | Embarked Sapper, 3686, 1st Tunnelling Company (inc. 4th Tunnelling Company), HMAT Warilda, Sydney | |
| 20 Dec 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Sapper, 3686, 1st Tunnelling Company (inc. 4th Tunnelling Company), Discharged in London due to unit being demobilised |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of William Simmons of NSW
Defacto of Zillah Smith (previously known as Zillah Simmons and had declared to be the wife of John) of 37 Brown Street, Paddington, NSW. In January 1920 a special inquiry officer questioned Zillah as to whether or not she was the wife of John Dudley Simmons and admitted that they had lived as husband and wife but had not married however there was a son Robert from the relationship
In December 1919 Base Records queried as to whether Zillah was deceased or still living as they had received a letter stating that John had married Margaret Hannah Truscott of 54 North End, Sutton Veny, Wiltshire, England on 15 September 1919. Hannah refused to come to Australia. At the time Zillah was residing in Leichhardt, NSW
Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal