Norman King SIMMONS

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Service Number:	519
Enlisted:	14 March 1915, Enlisted at Boolarra, Victoria
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	24th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Morwell, Victoria, Australia, 4 March 1895
Home Town:	Morwell, Latrobe, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Farm Hand
Died:	Frankston, Victoria, Australia, 26 April 1967, aged 72 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Springvale Botanical Cemetery, Melbourne Dodonaea area. Creamation service held 28 April 1967
Memorials:

14 Mar 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 519, 24th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Boolarra, Victoria
10 May 1915:	Involvement Private, 519, 24th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '14' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Euripides embarkation_ship_number: A14 public_note: ''
10 May 1915:	Embarked Private, 519, 24th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Euripides, Melbourne
4 Apr 1918:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 519, 24th Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 3rd Military District as medically unfit due to Rheumatism in the left knee

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Son of Edward King Simmons and Margaret Grant Simmons nee Black of Morwell, Victoria

Commenced return to Australia on 10 January 1918 aboard HT Corinthic disembarking on the 3 March 1918

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal

In 1921c Norman married Edith Winnifred Honnor in Victoria

In February 1946 Norman was living in William Road, Briar Hill, Victoria