Joseph James SIMMONS

SIMMONS, Joseph James

    Service Number: 6713
    Enlisted: 7 July 1915, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria
    Last Rank: Bombardier
    Last Unit: 4th Field Artillery Brigade
    Born: North Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 1883
    Home Town: Clifton Hill, Yarra, Victoria
    Schooling: State School, North Fitzroy, Victoria, Australia
    Occupation: Fireman
    Died: Shell wounds to the face and mouth, 61st Casualty Clearing Staion, Noureuil, France, 9 August 1918
    Cemetery: Vignacourt British Cemetery, Picardie
    Plot V, Row E, Grave 12. Headstone inscription reads: Lest we forget. Chaplain G.A.B. Boycott officiated, Vignacourt British Cemetery, Vignacourt, Picardie, France
    Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Malvern St George's Anglican Church Honour Roll, Melbourne & Metropolitan Tramways Board HR
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    World War 1 Service

    7 Jul 1915: Enlisted AIF WW1, Gunner, 6713, 4th Field Artillery Brigade, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria
    18 Nov 1915: Involvement Gunner, 6713, 4th Field Artillery Brigade, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '3' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Wiltshire embarkation_ship_number: A18 public_note: ''
    18 Nov 1915: Embarked Gunner, 6713, 4th Field Artillery Brigade, HMAT Wiltshire, Melbourne
    1 Apr 1917: Promoted AIF WW1, Bombardier, 4th Field Artillery Brigade
    8 Aug 1918: Wounded AIF WW1, Bombardier, 6713, 4th Field Artillery Brigade, Wounds to the face and mouth

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    Biography contributed by Carol Foster

    Son of Edwin Ravenhill Simmons and Caroline Harriet Simmons nee Dawson of 6 Reeves Street, Clifton Hill, Victoria

    Husband of Alma Simmons nee Winther of 202 Moore Street, Fitzroy, Victoria. Joseph and Alma married during 1912c in Victoria. Following the death of Alma and his parents the next of kin was given as Ravenhill P. Simmons of 14 Queen Street, Coburg, Victoria later of Station Street, North Carlton, Victoria

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

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