Alfred Ernest SIMMONS

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Service Number:	3907
Enlisted:	2 December 1915, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	24th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Burwood, Victoria, Australia, 1890
Home Town:	Yarram, Wellington, Victoria
Schooling:	Scorseby State School, Victoria, Australia
Occupation:	Tramway Gripman
Died:	Killed in Action, Mouquet Farm, France, 27 August 1916
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France)

2 Dec 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3907, 24th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria
8 Feb 1916:	Involvement Private, 3907, 24th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '14' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Warilda embarkation_ship_number: A69 public_note: ''
8 Feb 1916:	Embarked Private, 3907, 24th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Warilda, Melbourne

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Son of Ernest William Simmons and Mary Simmons nee Horner of 9 Lynott Street, Balaclava, Victoria later of 6 Cambridge Street, Armadale, Victoria

Father of Bery Evelyn Fleming. Beryl's guardian was given as Margaret Fleming of 47 Moreland Road, West Brunswick, Victoria

Medals: British War Medal & clasps issued to his father; Victory Medal issued to his ex-nuptial child Beryl Evelyn Fleming