SIMONS, Alfred John
| Service Number: | 454 |
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| Enlisted: | 27 January 1915, Enlisted at Keswick SA |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 27th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Brompton. South Australia, Australia, 12 September 1894 |
| Home Town: | Bowden, Charles Sturt, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Hindmarsh Public School, South Australia |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Killed in Action, France, 28 February 1917, aged 22 years |
| Cemetery: |
Warlencourt British Cemetery Plot V1, Row H, Grave 12 Headstone inscription reads: Christ will clasp the broken chain closer when we meet again, Warlencourt British Cemetery, Warlencourt-Eaucourt, Arras, Nord Pas de Calais, France |
| Memorials: | Adelaide National War Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, North Adelaide Baptist Church Honour Roll |
World War 1 Service
| 27 Jan 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 454, 27th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Keswick SA | |
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| 31 May 1915: | Involvement Private, 454, 27th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '15' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Geelong embarkation_ship_number: A2 public_note: '' | |
| 31 May 1915: | Embarked Private, 454, 27th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Geelong, Adelaide | |
| 18 Oct 1915: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 454, 27th Infantry Battalion, Bomb wound to the right hand | |
| 5 Nov 1916: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 454 |
THE LATE PRIVATE A. J. SIMONS.
THE LATE PRIVATE A. J. SIMONS.
Information has been received by Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Simons, of Gibson-street,
Bowden, that their youngest son, Private A. J. Simons, previously reported missing, was killed in action on February 28. Private Simons left Australia on May 31, 1915, took part in the operations on Gallipoli, where he landed on his twenty-first birthday, and was there about six weeks, when he was sent to the Malta Hospital suffering from bomb wounds. Later he proceeded to France with his battalion, and was in the firing-line till he met his death. He spent his twenty-second birthday in the trenches.
He was a member of the Young Men's Bible Class at the Bowden-on-the-Hill Baptist Mission and was of a happy disposition.
Chronicle Saturday 28 April 1917 page 44
Submitted 27 February 2016 by Faithe Jones
Biography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of William Henry Simons and Sarah Ahne (nee Doley) Simons of Albermarle Street, Hindmarsh, SA; brother of Ivy Ermyntrude Simons, William Roy Simons and Ethel May Simons
Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
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