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SIMMONS, Alfred Ernest
Service Number: | 3907 |
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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) |
World War 1 Service
2 Dec 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3907, 24th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria | |
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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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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
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