SIMONS, James Lovel
| Service Number: | 4865 |
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| Enlisted: | 31 August 1915, Enlisted at Warwick Farm, NSW |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 55th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Goulburn, New South Wales, Australia, 4 August 1876 |
| Home Town: | Kensington, Randwick, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Christian Brothers School, Dubbo, New South Wales, Australia |
| Occupation: | Cordial Maker |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Belgium, 19 October 1917, aged 41 years |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Name appears on Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres Dubbo War Memorial; Dubbo Book of Our Remembrance; Dubbo District Roll of Honor; Dubbo RSL The Fallen , Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres, Flanders, Belgium |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Dubbo Memorial Drive & Rose Garden, Menin Gate Memorial (Commonwealth Memorial to the Missing of the Ypres Salient) |
World War 1 Service
| 31 Aug 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 4865, 1st Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Warwick Farm, NSW | |
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| 8 Mar 1916: | Involvement Private, 4865, 1st Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Star of England embarkation_ship_number: A15 public_note: '' | |
| 8 Mar 1916: | Embarked Private, 4865, 1st Infantry Battalion, HMAT Star of England, Sydney | |
| 20 Apr 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 53rd Infantry Battalion, At Tel-el-Kebir | |
| 15 May 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 55th Infantry Battalion, From 53rd Battalion at Ismalia | |
| 20 Jul 1916: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 4865, 55th Infantry Battalion, Wound to the knee | |
| 3 Feb 1917: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 4865, 55th Infantry Battalion, Second occasion. Wound to the chin | |
| 19 Oct 1917: | Involvement Private, 4865, 55th Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 4865 awm_unit: 55th Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1917-10-19 |
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Son of John Simons and Annie Simons of 'Bon Accord', Jellicoe Street, Randwick, NSW formerly of Goulburn, NSW. Brother of Richard Clyde Simons of the 3rd Battalion who killed in action at Gallipolion 29 April 1915; John Sidney Simons who returned to Australia on the 11 January 1918 having served 55th Battalion and the Australian Employment Company
Husband of Sarah J. Simons nee Robertson of 'Bon Accord', Doncaster Avenue, Kensington, NSW formerly of Dubbo, NSW. Janes and Sarah married during 1911c in Dubbo, NSW. Father of two unnamed children who were in the care of Sarah's mother
Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
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