John Thomas SIMMONS

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Service Number:	60033
Enlisted:	5 January 1914, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria
Last Rank:	Captain
Last Unit:	3rd Divisional Train
Born:	Brierley Hill, England, 21 March 1880
Home Town:	South Melbourne, Port Phillip, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Military Staff Instructor
Died:	Mount Waverley, Victoria, Australia, 1966, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Springvale Botanical Cemetery, Melbourne Cremation service was held on 4 July 1966 and the ashes were scattered
Memorials:	South Melbourne Great War Roll of Honor

5 Jan 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 3rd Divisional Train, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria
3 Jun 1916:	Embarked Lieutenant, 3rd Divisional Train, HMAT Persic, Melbourne
3 Jun 1916:	Involvement Lieutenant, 3rd Divisional Train, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '21' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Persic embarkation_ship_number: A34 public_note: ''
3 Jun 1916:	Embarked Lieutenant, HMAT Persic, Melbourne
3 Jun 1916:	Involvement Lieutenant, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '21' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Persic embarkation_ship_number: A34 public_note: ''
25 Mar 1918:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 60033, 1st to 15th (NSW) Reinforcements, Enlisted at Sydney, NSW
22 Jun 1918:	Promoted AIF WW1, Captain, 3rd Divisional Train
30 Jul 1918:	Involvement Private, 60033, 1st to 15th (NSW) Reinforcements, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '20' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: SS Gaika embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: ''
30 Jul 1918:	Embarked Private, 60033, 1st to 15th (NSW) Reinforcements, SS Gaika, Sydney
10 Nov 1918:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 53rd Infantry Battalion, From re-inforcements
16 Nov 1921:	Discharged AIF WW1, Captain, 3rd Divisional Train, Discharged at own request at the 3rd Military District

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Husband of Rhoda Marion Simmons of 100 Coventry Street, South Melbourne, Victoria

Commenced return to Australia on 15 November 1919 aboard HT Ypiringa disembarking on 27 December 1919

Previously served in the Imperial Army's 2nd Worcestshire Regiment

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

Son of John Thomas Simmons and Jemima Squires formerly Simmons nee Whilow of 'Tikari', Nesbitt Street, North Sydney, NSW

Commenced return to Australia on 22 September 1919 aboard HT Port Sydney disembarking on the 12 November 1919

Medal: British War Medal

Husband of Vera Simmons nee McCrae, John and Vera married during 1926c in Sydney, NSW

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