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SIMMONS, William Alexander
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 2652 |
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| 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 |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 29 Feb 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2652, 10th Light Horse Regiment, Enlisted at Blackboy Hill, WA | |
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| 6 Jun 1916: | Involvement Private, 2652, 10th Light Horse Regiment, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '3' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: RMS Morea embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: '' | |
| 6 Jun 1916: | Embarked Private, 2652, 10th Light Horse Regiment, RMS Morea, Fremantle | |
| 9 Sep 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, Imperial Camel Corps , From 10th Light Horse Regiment | |
| 3 Nov 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 1st Battalion Imperial Camel Corps, From Camel Corp | |
| 19 Apr 1917: | Imprisoned Captured and interned in Bor, Turkey. Repatriated to England aboard HT Bermudian | |
| 18 Sep 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 2652, 1st Battalion Imperial Camel Corps, Discharged at the 5th Military District |
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Add my storyBiography 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
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