Horace John SIMMONS

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Service Number:	5448
Enlisted:	7 February 1916, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	14th Infantry Battalion
Born:	St Kilda, Victoria, Australia, 1892
Home Town:	Balaclava, Port Phillip, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Packer
Died:	Sunbury, Victoria, Australia, 1960, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Not yet discovered
Memorials:

7 Feb 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 5448, 14th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria
4 Apr 1916:	Involvement Private, 5448, 14th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '11' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Euripides embarkation_ship_number: A14 public_note: ''
4 Apr 1916:	Embarked Private, 5448, 14th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Euripides, Melbourne
17 Aug 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 5448, 14th Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 3rd Military District

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Son of Peter Simmons and Amy Simmons nee Craft of 10 Rosamond, Street, Balaclava, Victoria

Commenced return to Australia on 12 May 1919 aboard HT Port Napier disembarking on the 2 July 1919

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

During 1928c Horace married Ruby O'Mara in Victoria