Orville John SIMMONS

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Service Number:	NX41023
Enlisted:	11 July 1940, Tamworth, New South Wales
Last Rank:	Lance Corporal
Last Unit:	2nd/3rd Infantry Battalion
Born:	Parkes, New South Wales, 30 July 1917
Home Town:	Manilla, Tamworth Municipality, New South Wales
Died:	Killed in Action, Eora Creek, Kokoda, PNG, Papua, 28 October 1942, aged 25 years
Cemetery:	Port Moresby (Bomana) War Cemetery, Papua New Guinea Port Moresby (Bomana) War Cemetery, Bomana, Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour

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11 Jul 1940:	Enlisted Private, NX41023, Tamworth, New South Wales
11 Jul 1940:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Lance Corporal, NX41023, 2nd/3rd Infantry Battalion
28 Oct 1942:	Involvement Lance Corporal, NX41023, 2nd/3rd Infantry Battalion, Kokoda - Papua

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