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SIMMONS, Gordon Cromwell
Personal Details
Service Number: | 922 |
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Enlisted: | 13 February 1915, Keswick, South Australia |
Last Rank: | Lance Corporal |
Last Unit: | 27th Infantry Battalion |
Born: | Adelaide, South Australia, 8 March 1891 |
Home Town: | Adelaide, South Australia |
Schooling: | Bowden Public School |
Occupation: | Labourer |
Died: | Killed in Action, Messines, Belgium, 27 June 1916, aged 25 years |
Cemetery: |
La Plus Douve Farm Cemetery, Wallonie, Belgium Plot 1, Row A, Grave 9 Rev. D.A. Brennan officiated, La Plus Douve Farm Cemetery, La Plus Douve, Wallonie, Belgium |
Memorials: | Adelaide National War Memorial, Adelaide South Australian Railways WW1 & WW2 Honour Boards, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, S.A.R. Engineering Branch Midland System Roll of Honour |
Service History
World War 1 Service
13 Feb 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 922, Keswick, South Australia | |
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31 May 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 922, 27th Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '15' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Geelong embarkation_ship_number: A2 public_note: '' | |
31 May 1915: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 922, 27th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Geelong, Adelaide | |
4 Sep 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 922, 27th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli | |
27 Jun 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 922, 27th Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 922 awm_unit: 27 Battalion awm_rank: Lance Corporal awm_died_date: 1916-06-27 |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
27 April 1915 - he married Myrtle Wynne Denford in St John Church, Adelaide; brother of Sapper William Gordon Simmons MM
Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal