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SIMMONS, Robert
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 1652 |
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| Enlisted: | 1 September 1915, Enlisted at Adelaide |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 3rd Light Horse Regiment |
| Born: | Lubeck, Victoria, Australia, 14 November 1889 |
| Home Town: | Not yet discovered |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | 1951, cause of death not yet discovered, place of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
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Service History
World War 1 Service
| 1 Sep 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1652, Enlisted at Adelaide | |
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| 18 Nov 1915: | Involvement Private, 1652, 3rd Light Horse Regiment, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '1' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Geelong embarkation_ship_number: A2 public_note: '' | |
| 18 Nov 1915: | Embarked Private, 1652, 3rd Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Geelong, Adelaide | |
| 1 Jun 1917: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 1652, Discharged at 4 Military District due to irritable heart and debility |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
8 March 1917 - Returned to Australia on board Willochra
Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Vitory Medal
22 January 1930 - Robert wrote to Base Records requesting that a discharge certificate to be issued in his full name of Robert Simmons McCouman
28 March 1956 - Hi wife, Mrs. E. McCouman, wrote to base records requesting a copy of his discharge so that she may claim for a assistance. Here address at the time was 17 Herman Street, Adelaide and request was refused
RSL Information
1917 - Joined - State Branch address was c/- Mrs. W. McClouman, Conway Street, Stawell, Vicoria, Australia