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SIMMONS, Percy Charles
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 2213 |
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| Enlisted: | 11 February 1915, Enlisted at Liverpool NSW |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 6th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Preston, Sittingbourne, Kent, England, 1890 |
| Home Town: | Sydney, City of Sydney, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
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Service History
World War 1 Service
| 11 Feb 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2213, 19th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Liverpool NSW | |
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| 30 Sep 1915: | Involvement Private, 2213, 19th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '13' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Argyllshire embarkation_ship_number: A8 public_note: '' | |
| 30 Sep 1915: | Embarked Private, 2213, 19th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Argyllshire, Sydney | |
| 14 Feb 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 4th Infantry Battalion, From 19th Battalion | |
| 10 Mar 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 1st Pioneer Battalion, From 4th Battalion | |
| 18 Aug 1916: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 2213, 1st Pioneer Battalion, Wound to the right foot. Board HS Dieppe at Calais for England | |
| 18 Mar 1918: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 2213, 1st Pioneer Battalion, Second occasion. Gassed. Board HS Stad Antwerpin for England | |
| 24 Jul 1918: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 2213, 1st Pioneer Battalion, Third occasion. Gassed | |
| 9 Sep 1918: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 6th Infantry Battalion, From 1st Pioneer Battalion | |
| 3 Sep 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 2213, 6th Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 2nd Military District as medically unfit due to gassing |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of Edward Simmons and Eliza Simmons nee Clements of 23 Bayford Road, Sittingbourne, Kent, England
Commenced return to Australia on 12 April 1919 aboard HT Suffolk disembarking on the 6 June 1919 at Melbourne for onward travel to Sydney
Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal