Gordon Thornton SIMMONS

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SIMMONS, Gordon Thornton

Service Number:	10116
Enlisted:	20 December 1915, Enlisted at Sydney, NSW
Last Rank:	Driver
Last Unit:	Trench Mortar Battery
Born:	Waterloo, New South Wales, Australia, 10 June 1890
Home Town:	Stanmore, Marrickville, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Railway Guard
Died:	Sydney, New South Wales, Australia , 21 August 1925, aged 35 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Rookwood Cemeteries & Crematorium, New South Wales
Memorials:

World War 1 Service

20 Dec 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 10116, 11 Army Service Corps, Enlisted at Sydney, NSW
14 Apr 1916:	Involvement Private, 10116, 11 Army Service Corps, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '21' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Ceramic embarkation_ship_number: A40 public_note: ''
14 Apr 1916:	Embarked Private, 10116, 11 Army Service Corps, HMAT Ceramic, Sydney
18 Oct 1916:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 1st Division Supply Column , From 11 Army Service Corps
15 Mar 1918:	Transferred AIF WW1, Driver, Trench Mortar Battery
30 Jun 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Driver, 10116, Trench Mortar Battery, Discharged at the 2nd Military District as medically unfit

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Biography contributed by Carol Foster

During 1913c Gordon married Elizabeth Harriett Hollens at Redfern, NSW. Father of Sylvia Merle Simmons and Gordon Joseph Simmons

Commenced return to Australia on 31 March 1919 aboard HT Khyber disembarking on the 14 May 1919

Medals: British War Medal: Victory Medal

Biography contributed by Eve Kiernan

Also father of Gordon Thornton Simmons (known as George) born 7 March, 1926, Manly NSW.

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