William Alexander SIMMONS

SIMMONS, William Alexander

Service Number: 2652
Enlisted: 29 February 1916, Enlisted at Blackboy Hill, WA
Last Rank: Private
Last Unit: 1st Battalion Imperial Camel Corps
Born: Bunbury, Western Australia, 1897
Home Town: Bunbury, Bunbury, Western Australia
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Farmer
Died: Bunbury, Western Australia, 1969, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery: Not yet discovered
Memorials: Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial
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Biography contributed by Carol Foster

Son of Charles Edward Simmons and Ellen Simmons nee Ferris of Bunbury, WA

Commenced return to Australia on 29 February 1919 aboard HT Ascanius but was admitted to hospital at Port Said. He later re-embarked HT Oxfordshire on 10 July 1919 disembarking on 4 August 1919

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

During 1921c William married Vera P. Griffin in Wellington, WA