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SIMMONS, Frederick
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 5918 |
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| Enlisted: | 14 March 1916, Enlisted at Fremantle, WA |
| Last Rank: | Lance Corporal |
| Last Unit: | 28th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Albany, Western Australia, 1884 |
| Home Town: | Subiaco, Nedlands, Western Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Lumper |
| Died: | Perth, Western Australia, 19 August 1965, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Fremantle Cemetery, Western Australia Mon C3 section, Grave 0659. Internment number F0011190 which expired on 2 July 2012 |
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Service History
World War 1 Service
| 14 Mar 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 5918, 28th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Fremantle, WA | |
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| 13 Oct 1916: | Involvement Private, 5918, 28th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '16' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Suffolk embarkation_ship_number: A23 public_note: '' | |
| 13 Oct 1916: | Embarked Private, 5918, 28th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Suffolk, Fremantle | |
| 5 Nov 1917: | Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 28th Infantry Battalion, In France. Rank was given as Lance Corporal Driver | |
| 20 May 1918: | Wounded AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 5918, 28th Infantry Battalion, Wound to the arm | |
| 31 Aug 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 5918, 28th Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 5th Military District |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Birth registered in 1880 which would make him 4 years older than stated on Attestation paper. Name was registered as Frederick Bernard Simmons
Son of William Simmons and Elizabeth Simmons nee Byrnes of Albany, WA
During 1903 he married Charlotte Stewart in Fremantle, WA. Address given as Subiaco, WA formerly of South Terrace, Fremantle, WA. Father of Doris Phoebe Simmons
Commenced return to Australia on 16 June 1919 aboard HT Ormonde disembarking on the 24 July 1919
Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal