George Linstead SIMMONS

SIMMONS, George Linstead

    Service Number: 1278
    Enlisted: 19 May 1915, Enlisted at Claremont, Tasmania
    Last Rank: Private
    Last Unit: 26th Infantry Battalion
    Born: Hobart, Tasmania, Australia, 13 March 1892
    Home Town: Launceston, Launceston, Tasmania
    Schooling: Not yet discovered
    Occupation: Clerk
    Died: Trevallyn, Tasmania, Australia, 30 May 1924, aged 32 years, cause of death not yet discovered
    Cemetery: Carr Villa Memorial Park, Tasmania
    Monumental area, Section E2,Grave 177. Interred on the 31 May 1924 Commemorated with a plaque in the Hobart Garden of Remembrance
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    World War 1 Service

    19 May 1915: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1278, 26th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Claremont, Tasmania
    29 Jun 1915: Involvement Private, 1278, 26th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '15' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Aeneas embarkation_ship_number: A60 public_note: ''
    29 Jun 1915: Embarked Private, 1278, 26th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Aeneas, Brisbane
    3 Jul 1918: Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 1278, 26th Infantry Battalion, Shell wounds to the right leg and left arm. Invalided to England on the 6 July 1918
    13 Apr 1919: Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 1278, 26th Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 6th Military District

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    Biography contributed by Carol Foster

    Son of George Kennett Simmons  and Isabella Simmons nee Teasdale of Launceston, Tasmania, Brother of Ethel Simmons and Eva May Simmons

    Commenced return to Australia on 2 January 1919 aboard HT Berrima disembarking on the 17 February 1919 for onward travel to Tasmania

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

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