SIMMONS, Daniel Mendoza Brixton
| Service Number: | 6152 |
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| Enlisted: | 10 October 1916, Enlisted at Sydney, NSW |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 26th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | London, England, 1885 |
| Home Town: | Sydney, City of Sydney, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Merchant |
| Died: | New South Wales, Australia , 1953, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
| Memorials: | Sydney Grammar School WW1 Honour Board |
World War 1 Service
| 10 Oct 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 6152, 26th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Sydney, NSW | |
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| 27 Oct 1916: | Involvement Private, 6152, 26th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '15' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Marathon embarkation_ship_number: A74 public_note: '' | |
| 27 Oct 1916: | Embarked Private, 6152, 26th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Marathon, Brisbane | |
| 20 Dec 1917: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 6152, 26th Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 1st Military District as medically unfit due to a fractured jaw |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Address at the time of enlistment was C/- Public Trustee & Co. of Sydney, NSW who were also given as his next of kin later changed to his daughter Molly Marie Frances Simmons
Marital Status was given as Widower. Wife originally given as Katherine Simmons of Moore Street, Sydney, NSW who died 1915c
Son of Henry Michael Simmons and Marie Mary Simmons of London, England
Commenced return to Australia on 27 September 1917
Medal: British War Medal
Previously served in the Commonwealth Military Forces. Enlisted at Kiama, NSW with the service number N36490 on 20 August 1915 being discharged on the 6 October 1916