Harland SIMONS

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Service Number:	2385
Enlisted:	12 July 1915, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	22nd Infantry Battalion
Born:	Creswick, Victoria, Australia, 1896
Home Town:	Kensington, Melbourne, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Heidleberg, Victoria, Australia, 23 July 1973, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Altona Memorial Park, Victoria Interred on 26 July 1973. Court of Memories, Wall LA, Row 3, Position 3
Memorials:

12 Jul 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2385, 22nd Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria
29 Sep 1915:	Involvement Private, 2385, 22nd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '14' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: RMS Osterley embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: ''
29 Sep 1915:	Embarked Private, 2385, 22nd Infantry Battalion, RMS Osterley, Melbourne
17 Jul 1918:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 2385, 22nd Infantry Battalion, Gassed
3 Oct 1918:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 2385, 22nd Infantry Battalion, Boob wound to the right leg
26 Mar 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 2385, 22nd Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 3rd Military District as wounded

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Son of Felix Simons and Lilly Jane Simons nee Pearce of 45 Cecil Street, Williamstown, Victoria

Served an apprenticeship with boot manufacturers Wenzel & Son of South Kensington, Victoria

Commenced return to Australia on 12 December 1918c aboard HT Nestor disembarking on 31 December 1918

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

During 1922c Harland married Edith Beatrice Harvey in Victoria

In 1967 he was living in Howard Street, Maidstone, Victoria