Sidney Alfred SIMMONS

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Service Number:	679
Enlisted:	6 February 1917, Enlisted at Brisbane, QLD
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	33rd Infantry Battalion
Born:	Ipswich, Queensland, Australia, 21 October 1894
Home Town:	Taringa, Brisbane, Queensland
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Cabinet Maker
Died:	Queensland, Australia, 24 November 1956, aged 62 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Toowong (Brisbane General) Cemetery, Queensland
Memorials:

6 Feb 1917:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 679, 9th Machine Gun Company, Enlisted at Brisbane, QLD
21 Jun 1917:	Involvement Private, 679, 9th Machine Gun Company, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '21' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Suevic embarkation_ship_number: A29 public_note: ''
21 Jun 1917:	Embarked Private, 679, 9th Machine Gun Company, HMAT Suevic, Melbourne
27 Aug 1917:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 33rd Infantry Battalion, From 9th Machine Gun Company
17 Apr 1918:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 679, 33rd Infantry Battalion, Gassed. Invalided to England on 13 May 1918
29 Mar 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 679, 33rd Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 1st Military District

17 Apr 1942:	Enlisted

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Son of Charles Alfred Simmons and Elizabeth Hannah Simmons nee Wilson of Woolley Street, Taringa, QLD

Served his cabinet making apprenticeship with Carrick Limited of Brisbane, QLD

Commenced return to Australia on 8 January 1919 aboard HT Orsova disembarking on 6 March 1919

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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