SIMMONS, Ralph
| Service Number: | 400 |
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| Enlisted: | 29 January 1901 |
| Last Rank: | Trooper |
| Last Unit: | 5th South Australian Imperial Bushmen |
| Born: | Grange, South Australia, 16 June 1874 |
| Home Town: | Grange, City of Charles Sturt / Henley and Grange, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Dairyman |
| Died: | Enteric fever, Springfontein, South Africa, 9 March 1902, aged 27 years |
| Cemetery: |
Springfontein Cemetery, Trompsburg, South Africa Even though (CWGC) Commonwealth War Graves Commission has 'no' names of casualties listed for "Springfontein Cemetery". (CWGC) states their are 301 casualties -Anglo-Boer War Graves- at Springfontein Cemetery. Reference: (CWGC) Commonwealth War Graves Commission | Cemetery or Memorial; Springfontein Cemetery. |
| Memorials: | Adelaide Boer War Memorial, North Adelaide St Peter's Cathedral Boer War Honour Roll |
Boer War Service
| 1 Oct 1899: | Involvement Trooper, 400, 4th South Australian Imperial Bushmen | |
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| 29 Jan 1901: | Enlisted Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Trooper, 400, 5th South Australian Imperial Bushmen | |
| Date unknown: | Involvement |
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The Express and Telegraph (Adelaide, SA: 1867 - 1922) Friday 14 March 1902
DEATHS
SIMMONS.—On the 9th March, at Springfontein, South Africa, on active service, from enteric fever. Trooper Ralph Simmons, Fifth S.A. Contingent, the beloved husband of Maggie May Simmons, aged 27 years, leaving a sorrowing wife and child to mourn their loss. Jeffcott-street, North Adelaide.
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Biography
Trooper Ralph Simmons of the 5th South Australian Imperial Bushmen Contingent was born at Reedbeds, [Now Underdale] Adelaide, South Australia on 16 June 1874. Immediately before the war he and his wife Maggie with their child lived at Jeffcott Street North Adelaide. Trooper Simmons died of enteric fever at Springfontein, 09 March 1902; he was 27 years of age.