SIMMONDS, Stanley
| Service Number: | 389 |
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| Enlisted: | 21 August 1914, Mount Morgan, Queensland |
| Last Rank: | Driver |
| Last Unit: | 2nd Light Horse Regiment |
| Born: | Mount Morgan, Queensland, 11 April 1894 |
| Home Town: | Mount Morgan, Rockhampton, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Biograph operator |
| Died: | Natural causes, Teneriffe, Queensland, 28 February 1965, aged 70 years |
| Cemetery: |
Mount Thompson Memorial Gardens & Crematorium, Queensland Location: Columbarium 12, Section: Section 16 |
| Memorials: | Mount Morgan Calliungal North State School Roll of Honour, Mount Morgan Gold Mining Company Honour Roll |
World War 1 Service
| 21 Aug 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 389, Mount Morgan, Queensland | |
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| 24 Sep 1914: | Involvement AIF WW1, Trumpeter, 389, 2nd Light Horse Regiment, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '1' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Star of England embarkation_ship_number: A15 public_note: '' | |
| 24 Sep 1914: | Embarked AIF WW1, Trumpeter, 389, 2nd Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Star of England, Brisbane | |
| 9 May 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Trumpeter, 389, 2nd Light Horse Regiment, ANZAC / Gallipoli | |
| 1 Jan 1916: | Promoted AIF WW1, Driver, 2nd Light Horse Regiment | |
| 4 Jul 1917: | Transferred AIF WW1, Driver, 1st Light Horse Brigade Train | |
| 22 Sep 1917: | Transferred AIF WW1, Driver, 2nd Light Horse Regiment | |
| 12 Apr 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Driver, 389, 2nd Light Horse Regiment |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Paul Trevor
From serching the historical death records of Queensland's Births, Deaths and Marriages, I confirmed that 389 Driver Stanley SIMMONDS was actually born Stanley Edward SIMONDS, which is also supported by his burial records at Mt Thompson Memorial Gardens and through period newspaper (Trove) articles.
'AUSTRALIAN CASUALTIES.
Our Mount Morgan correspondent, writing last evening, says :-"Mr. C. Simonds has been advised that his brother, Private Stanley Simonds, of the Second Light Horse, who was trumpeter to the Mount Morgan Squadron, had been wounded at the Dardanelles on the 31st of July. The message added that the casualty report did not mention whether the injuries were serious." from Morning Bulletin 21 Aug 1915 (nla.gov.au)
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