Einer Wilhelm Thorvald SIMONSEN

SIMONSEN, Einer Wilhelm Thorvald

    Service Number: 7575
    Enlisted: 23 April 1917, Enlisted at Sydney, NSW
    Last Rank: Lance Corporal
    Last Unit: 1st Machine Gun Battalion
    Born: Copenhagen, Denmark, 1882
    Home Town: Croydon, Ashfield, New South Wales
    Schooling: Not yet discovered
    Occupation: Tram Conductor
    Died: Petersham, New South Wales, Australia, 12 July 1954, cause of death not yet discovered
    Cemetery: Not yet discovered
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    World War 1 Service

    23 Apr 1917: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 7575, 1st Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Sydney, NSW
    10 May 1917: Embarked Private, 7575, 1st Infantry Battalion, HMAT Marathon, Sydney
    10 May 1917: Involvement Private, 7575, 1st Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Marathon embarkation_ship_number: A74 public_note: ''
    29 Oct 1917: Transferred AIF WW1, Private, Machine Gun Companies and Battalions, From 1st Battalion
    20 Apr 1918: Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 1st Machine Gun Battalion , From Machine Gun Corps
    2 Apr 1919: Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 1st Machine Gun Battalion
    2 Nov 1919: Discharged AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 7575, 1st Machine Gun Battalion , Discharged at the 2nd Military District

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    Biography contributed by Carol Foster

    Son of Thorvald Simonsen and Maria Simonsen of Copenhagen, Denmark

    Husband of Sarah Olive Simonsen of Leopold Street, Croydon, NSW. Einor and Sarah married during 1911c in Annandale, NSW

    Commenced return home on 1 August 1919 aboard HMAT Argyllshire disembarking on 23 September 1919

    Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

    Prior to enlisting he had served with the QLD Naval Reserves

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