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SIMMONS, John Charles George
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 6157 |
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| Enlisted: | 7 August 1915, Enlisted at Rockhampton, QLD |
| Last Rank: | Gunner |
| Last Unit: | 13th Field Artillery Brigade |
| Born: | Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia, 16 November 1894 |
| Home Town: | Rockhampton, Rockhampton, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Miner |
| Died: | Balmain, New South Wales, Australia, 14 August 1958, aged 63 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
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Service History
World War 1 Service
| 7 Aug 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Gunner, 6157, 1st Divisional Ammunition Column, Enlisted at Rockhampton, QLD | |
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| 10 Dec 1915: | Embarked Gunner, 6157, 1st Divisional Ammunition Column, HMAT Barambah, Melbourne | |
| 10 Dec 1915: | Involvement Gunner, 6157, 1st Divisional Ammunition Column, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '22' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Barambah embarkation_ship_number: A37 public_note: '' | |
| 14 Mar 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Gunner, 5th Division Artillery , From 1st Divisional Ammunition Cloumn | |
| 1 Apr 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Gunner, 13th Field Artillery Brigade, At Moascar from 5th Division Artillery | |
| 9 Jul 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Gunner, 25th Field Artillery Brigade, From 13th Field Artillery Brigade | |
| 24 Jan 1917: | Transferred AIF WW1, Gunner, 13th Field Artillery Brigade, From 25th Field Artillery Brigade | |
| 30 Oct 1917: | Wounded AIF WW1, Gunner, 6157, 13th Field Artillery Brigade, Gassed. Transferred to England on 11 November 1917 | |
| 2 Apr 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Gunner, 6157, 13th Field Artillery Brigade, Discharged at the 1st Military District as medically unfit due to pleurisy |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Enlisted under the name of George Simmons
Son of John Charles Simmons and Gertrude Augusta (Jessie) Lakin formerly Simmons nee Naminski of Harris Estate, Eagle Farm, QLD
Husband of Agnes Simmons nee Webster of 5 Singer Street, Clydebank. George and Agnes were married on 5 June 1918 at 53 George 1V Bridge, Edinburgh, Scotland. Charles Stewart Millar and Hugh Christian MacKenzie officiated
Commenced return to Australia on 12 December 1918 aboard HT Nestor disembarking on 1 February 1919 at Melbourne for onward travel to Brisbane
Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal