George Ronald SIMONS

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Service Number:	2008
Enlisted:	9 June 1915, Enlisted at Liverpool, NSW
Last Rank:	Gunner
Last Unit:	14th Field Artillery Brigade
Born:	Marrickville, New South Wales, Australia, 1894
Home Town:	Alpine, Wingecarribee, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Farm & Station Engineer
Died:	St. Leonards, New South Wales, Australia, 4 August 1970, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Macquarie Park Cemetery & Crematorium, North Ryde, New South Wales A J Hare Lawn, Row 43, Grave 0001
Memorials:	Men of Colo Vale District Roll of Honour, Wall of Remembrance (Southern Villages Memorial)

9 Jun 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2008, 17th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Liverpool, NSW
9 Aug 1915:	Involvement Private, 2008, 17th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '12' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Runic embarkation_ship_number: A54 public_note: ''
9 Aug 1915:	Embarked Private, 2008, 17th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Runic, Sydney
24 Mar 1916:	Transferred AIF WW1, Gunner, 13th Field Artillery Brigade, From 1st Field Artillery Brigade
8 Apr 1916:	Transferred AIF WW1, Gunner, 14th Field Artillery Brigade , From the 13th Field Artillery Brigade
19 Sep 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Gunner, 2008, 14th Field Artillery Brigade , Discharged at the 2nd Military District as medically unfit

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Son of John William George Simons and Minnie Simons of Strathdon, Alpine Line NSW

Commenced return to Australia on 21 March 1919 aboard HT Kildonian Castle disembarking on 10 May 1919

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

During 1921c George married Marjorie J. Lovett in Sydney, NSW

in 1967 George was living at 'Tallawalla', Military Road, Bowral, NSW