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SIMMONS, Henry George
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 492 |
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| Enlisted: | 29 November 1915, Enlisted at Brisbane, QLD |
| Last Rank: | Driver |
| Last Unit: | 24th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia, 15 August 1889 |
| Home Town: | Rockhampton, Rockhampton, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Carpenter |
| Died: | Queensland, Australia, 5 July 1974, aged 84 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
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Service History
World War 1 Service
| 29 Nov 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Driver, 492, 1st Royal Australian Naval Bridging Train, Enlisted at Brisbane, QLD | |
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| 3 Jul 1916: | Involvement 492, 1st Royal Australian Naval Bridging Train, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '24' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ayrshire embarkation_ship_number: A33 public_note: '' | |
| 3 Jul 1916: | Embarked 492, 1st Royal Australian Naval Bridging Train, HMAT Ayrshire, Melbourne | |
| 31 Jul 1917: | Transferred AIF WW1, Driver, 24th Infantry Battalion, From Royal Australian Naval Bridging Train | |
| 4 Oct 1917: | Wounded AIF WW1, Driver, 492, 24th Infantry Battalion, Bullet wound to the right forearm. Invalided to England on 12 October 1917 | |
| 23 Jul 1918: | Wounded AIF WW1, Driver, 492, 24th Infantry Battalion, Second occasion. Gassed | |
| 5 Oct 1918: | Wounded AIF WW1, Driver, 492, 24th Infantry Battalion, Third occasion. Wound to the arm and invalided to England on 9 October 1918 | |
| 1 May 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Driver, 492, 24th Infantry Battalion, Discharged 1st Military District |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of Richard Simmons and Anne Jane Simmons nee Courtney of Botanic Gardens, Rockhampton, QLD
Commenced return to Australia on 24 January 1919 aboard HT Delta disembarking on the 18 March 1919
Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
On 29 October 1924 Henry married Doris Rose Farmer in QLD