William Leslie SIMONS

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Service Number:	658
Enlisted:	24 August 1914, Enlisted at Sydney, NSW
Last Rank:	Battery Quartermaster Sergeant
Last Unit:	14th Field Artillery Brigade
Born:	Waterloo, New South Wales, Australia , 1890
Home Town:	Colo Vale, Wingecarribee, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Farmer
Died:	St Leonards, New South Wales, Australia, 7 August 1969, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Macquarie Park Cemetery & Crematorium, North Ryde, New South Wales A J Hare Lawn, Row 29, Grave 0014
Memorials:	Men of Colo Vale District Roll of Honour

24 Aug 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Driver, 658, 1st Field Artillery Brigade, Enlisted at Sydney, NSW
18 Oct 1914:	Involvement Driver, 658, 1st Field Artillery Brigade, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '3' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Argyllshire embarkation_ship_number: A8 public_note: ''
18 Oct 1914:	Embarked Driver, 658, 1st Field Artillery Brigade, HMAT Argyllshire, Sydney
10 Mar 1916:	Transferred AIF WW1, Driver, 13th Field Artillery Brigade, From 1st Field Artillery Brigade
8 Apr 1916:	Transferred AIF WW1, Driver, 14th Field Artillery Brigade , From 13th Field Artillery Brigade
2 May 1916:	Promoted AIF WW1, Battery Quartermaster Sergeant, 14th Field Artillery Brigade
17 May 1916:	Promoted AIF WW1, Sergeant, 14th Field Artillery Brigade , Also holding the temporary rank of Battery Quarter Master Sergeant
3 Feb 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Battery Quartermaster Sergeant, 658, 14th Field Artillery Brigade , Discharged at the 2nd Military District

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Son of John H.G. Simons and Gertrude Minnie Simons of Strathdon via Colo Vale, NSW

Commenced return to Australia 8 October 1918 aboard HT Port Sydney disembarking on 26 October 1918 at Melbourne for onward travel to Sydney

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

During 1919c William married Ethel M. Robertsos in Newtown, NSW