Joseph SIMMONS

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Service Number:	1638
Enlisted:	15 November 1918, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	Australian Naval and Military Expeditionary Force
Born:	Bromley, England, 25 February 1885
Home Town:	Auburn, Boroondara, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Fireman
Memorials:

15 Nov 1918:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1638, Australian Naval and Military Expeditionary Force, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria
18 Dec 1918:	Involvement Private, 1638, Australian Naval and Military Expeditionary Force, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '21' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: SS Melusia embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: ''
18 Dec 1918:	Embarked Private, 1638, Australian Naval and Military Expeditionary Force, SS Melusia, Sydney
12 Nov 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 1638, Australian Naval and Military Expeditionary Force, Discharged at the 3rd Military District as medically unfit due to Malaria

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Husband of Rose Sophia Simmons nee Carter of 10 Lingwell Road, Auburn, Victoria. Joseph and Rose married in Victoria during 1912c

Commenced return to Australia on 20 September 1919 from Rabaul aboard SS Melusia disembarking at Melbourne on 30 September 1919

Not eligible for WW1 medal due to his service being post WW1 however had previously served in South Africa Boer War with the British Forces