Albert SIMMONS

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Service Number:	1903
Enlisted:	19 April 1916, Enlisted at Fremantle, WA
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	44th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Wrotham, Kent, England, 12 April 1870
Home Town:	Fremantle, Fremantle, Western Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Gardener
Memorials:

19 Apr 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1903, 44th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Fremantle, WA
9 Aug 1916:	Involvement Private, 1903, 44th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '18' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Miltiades embarkation_ship_number: A28 public_note: ''
9 Aug 1916:	Embarked Private, 1903, 44th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Miltiades, Fremantle
17 Aug 1917:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 1903, 44th Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 5th Military District as medically unfit due to old stricture and senility

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Address at the tme of enlistment was 45 Francis Street, Perth, WA

Next of kin given as his sister Grace Simmons of Oaks College, Butlers Marston, Kinetown, England

Commenced return to Australia on 23 May 1917 aboard HT Ayrshire disembarking on the 9 July 1917

Medal: British War Medal