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SIMONS, Herbert Thomas
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 2836 |
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| Enlisted: | 5 July 1915, Enlisted at Perth, WA |
| Last Rank: | Bombardier |
| Last Unit: | 4th Trench Mortar Battery |
| Born: | Birmingham, England, 1876 |
| Home Town: | Subiaco, Nedlands, Western Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Civil Servant |
| Died: | Mt Lawley, Western Australia, 3 January 1965, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Karrakatta Cemetery & Crematorium, Western Australia Section DA, Grave 0512 Commemorated with a plaque in the WA Garden of Remembrance |
| Memorials: | East Perth Department of the Minister for Mines Roll of Honour |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 5 Jul 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2836, 11th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Perth, WA | |
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| 5 Oct 1915: | Embarked Private, 2836, 11th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Hororata, Fremantle | |
| 5 Oct 1915: | Involvement Private, 2836, 11th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Hororata embarkation_ship_number: A20 public_note: '' | |
| 29 Feb 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 51st Infantry Battalion (WW1), From the 11th Battalion | |
| 16 Mar 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 4th Division Artillery | |
| 23 May 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 4th Divisional Ammunition Column, From 4th Division Artillery | |
| 25 Jun 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 4th Trench Mortar Battery, From 4th Divisional Ammunition Column | |
| 24 Jul 1916: | Promoted AIF WW1, Bombardier, 4th Trench Mortar Battery | |
| 10 Aug 1916: | Wounded AIF WW1, Bombardier, 2836, 4th Trench Mortar Battery, Wound to the head. Invalided to England on 18 August 1916 aboard HS Maneno | |
| 18 Jun 1917: | Discharged AIF WW1, Bombardier, 2836, 4th Trench Mortar Battery, Discharged at the 5th Military District as medically unfit due to wounding |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of James Simons and Amelia Simons of 28 Churchill Avenue, Subiaco, WA
Commenced return to Australia on 13 February 1917 aboard HS Ulysses as wounded disembarking on the 7 March 1917
Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
During 1920c Herbert married Dora A.E.J. Yde in the Blackwood area, WA