SIMMONS, Albert
| Service Number: | 672 |
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| Enlisted: | 8 January 1917, Enlisted at Toowoomba, QLD |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 42nd Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Yandilla, Queensland, Australia, 31 December 1894 |
| Home Town: | Yandilla, Toowoomba, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Farmer |
| Died: | 17 November 1943, aged 48 years, cause of death not yet discovered, place of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Toowoomba Garden of Remembrance | Cemetery & Crematorium Anglican Section. Interred on the 19 November 1943 Commemorated with a plaque in the QLD Garden of Remembrance |
| Memorials: | Grafton Primary School Great War Honor Roll, Millmerran War Memorial |
World War 1 Service
| 8 Jan 1917: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 672, 11th Machine Gun Company, Enlisted at Toowoomba, QLD | |
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| 21 Jun 1917: | Involvement Private, 672, 11th Machine Gun Company, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '21' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Suevic embarkation_ship_number: A29 public_note: '' | |
| 21 Jun 1917: | Embarked Private, 672, 11th Machine Gun Company, HMAT Suevic, Melbourne | |
| 9 Mar 1918: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 52nd Infantry Battalion, From 11th Machine Gun Company | |
| 20 Apr 1918: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 672, 52nd Infantry Battalion, Gassed. Invalided to England on 27 April 1918 | |
| 24 Jul 1918: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 42nd Infantry Battalion, From 52nd Battalion | |
| 25 Aug 1918: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 672, 42nd Infantry Battalion, Second occasion. Gunshot wound to the thigh. Invalided to England on the 28 August 1918 | |
| 12 Mar 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 672, 42nd Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 1st Military District as medically unfit due to wounding |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of George Albert Simmons and Margaret Simmons nee Baillie of 'St Martin', Yandilla, QLD
Commenced return to Australia on the 20 December 1918 aboard HT Orontes
Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
Biography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of Thomas Simmons and Jane Sophia Simmons of Bacon Street, Grafton, NSW. Brother of Frank H. Simmons, Jane Simmons, Daniel Simmons and Thomas Simmons
During 1921 Albert married Ada Oates in Grafton, NSW
Commenced return to Australia on 22 September 1919 aboard HT Port Sydney disembarking on the 12 November 1919 for onward travel to Sydney
In November 1940 Albert moved from Grafton to 12 Batty Street, Rozelle, NSW
Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal