SEMMENS, Elisha Nicholas
| Service Number: | 2021 |
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| Enlisted: | 13 January 1915, Enlisted at Oaklands, SA |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 1st Divisional Signal Company |
| Born: | Parkside, South Australia, 7 July 1886 |
| Home Town: | Parkside, Unley, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Adelaide, South Australia, 2 August 1926, aged 40 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
AIF Cemetery, West Terrace Cemetery, Adelaide, South Australia Section: LO, Road: 9S, Site No: 5 |
| Memorials: | Parkside Public School Roll of Honor |
World War 1 Service
| 13 Jan 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2021, 10th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Oaklands, SA | |
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| 20 Apr 1915: | Embarked Private, 2021, 10th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Hororata, Adelaide | |
| 20 Apr 1915: | Involvement Private, 2021, 10th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Hororata embarkation_ship_number: A20 public_note: '' | |
| 17 Apr 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 1st Divisional Signal Company, From 10th Battalion | |
| 20 Aug 1917: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 2021, 1st Divisional Signal Company, Severe wound to the chin. Transferred to England on 29 August 1917 | |
| 28 Apr 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 2021, 1st Divisional Signal Company, Discharged at the 4th Military District as medically unfit due to Laryngitis | |
| Date unknown: | Wounded 2021, 10th Infantry Battalion |
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Son of Elisha Nicholas Semmens and Eliza Semmens nee Lorey of Robsart Street, Parkside, SA. Brother of Eliza Semmens, Ellizabeth Anne Semmens and Edith Semmens
Commenced return to Australia on 19 October 1918 aboard HT Sardinia but failed to re-embarked at Durban, South Africa. Later re-embarked on 4 Janaury 1919 aboard HT Saxon for continue passage to Australia disembarking on 30 January 1919 at Melbourne for onward travel to Adelaide
Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
On 24 September 1919 Elisha married Annie May Smith at the residence of B. Aitken of Forestville, SA. Father of Hazel May Semmens
At the time of his death he was residing in Glandore, SA
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