John Stanley SEMMENS MM

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SEMMENS, John Stanley

Service Number:	3467
Enlisted:	26 July 1915
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	50th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Armidale, Victoria, Australia , 26 March 1892
Home Town:	Unley, Unley, South Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Locomotive cleaner
Died:	5 May 1969, aged 77 years, cause of death not yet discovered, place of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Centennial Park Cemetery, South Australia
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World War 1 Service

26 Jul 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3467, 10th Infantry Battalion
27 Oct 1915:	Involvement Private, 3467, 10th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Benalla embarkation_ship_number: A24 public_note: 'Alternate surname: Semmens'
27 Oct 1915:	Embarked Private, 3467, 10th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Benalla, Adelaide
11 Nov 1918:	Involvement Private, 3467, 50th Infantry Battalion
Date unknown:	Honoured Military Medal

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Biography contributed by Modbury High School

On the 26th of March 1892, John Stanley Semmens was born in Armidale, Vitoria. John Stanley Semmens’s occupation before the war was a cleaner of locomotives. He lived on Bourke Street, Petersburg, South Australia which was his hometown. John Stanley Semmens had two identifiable last names, Semmens the one listed on his service record and Semmers.

His nominated next of kin was initially his mother and later his wife. On the 26th of July 1915 John Stanley enlisted at Kenswick, his service number was 3467. At the time of enlistment John Stanley Semmens was aged 23 years and 4 months, he was 5 feet 6 inches tall or about 1.68 meters, weighed 140 pounds or about 63 kilograms, with blue eyes and brown hair.

John Stanley Semmens embarked on the HMAT Benalla A24, on the 27th of October 1915 aged 23 at the time. On the 29th of May 1918 John Stanley Semmens was awarded the Military Medal, for searching and retrieving soldiers in his stretcher “During the heavy hostile shelling…”. After the war had ended John Stanley Semmens returned to Australia on the 5th of April 1919.

At the age of 77 John Stanley Semmens died on the 5th of May 1969. John Stanley Semmens was buried at Pasadena, Mitcham City, South Australia, Australia. Acacia E, Path 38, Grave 666B.

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