Harry Thomas SIMMONS

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Service Number:	2027
Enlisted:	25 January 1915, Enlisted at Liverpool, NSW
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	45th Infantry Battalion (WW1)
Born:	North Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 1893
Home Town:	North Sydney, North Sydney, New South Wales
Schooling:	Naremburn Public School, Sydney, New South Wales
Occupation:	Tinsmith
Died:	Killed in Action, France, 28 March 1918
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" No known grave, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France)

25 Jan 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2027, 45th Infantry Battalion (WW1), Enlisted at Liverpool, NSW
10 Apr 1915:	Involvement Private, 2027, 2nd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Hororata embarkation_ship_number: A20 public_note: ''
10 Apr 1915:	Embarked Private, 2027, 2nd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Hororata, Sydney
28 Mar 1918:	Involvement Private, 2027, 45th Infantry Battalion (WW1), --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 2027 awm_unit: 45 Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1918-03-28

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Son of James and Jane Simmons of 'Liskeard' 306 West Street, North Sydney; brother of Katie Elizabeth Heath

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal

Also did compulsory training in the cadets