William Foster SIMMONS

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SIMMONS, William Foster

Service Numbers:	Not yet discovered
Enlisted:	17 November 1914, Medical Corps. Enlisted at Sydney, NSW
Last Rank:	Lieutenant Colonel
Last Unit:	1st Field Ambulance
Born:	Ashfield, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 9 May 1888
Home Town:	Summer Hill, Ashfield, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Medical Practioner
Died:	New South Wales, Australia , 1985, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Not yet discovered
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World War 1 Service

17 Nov 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Captain, Australian Naval and Military Expeditionary Force, Medical Corps. Enlisted at Sydney, NSW
28 Nov 1914:	Embarked Captain, 3rd Infantry Battalion, SS Eastern, Sydney
28 Nov 1914:	Involvement Captain, 3rd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '21' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: SS Eastern embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: ''
24 Sep 1915:	Promoted Major, 6th Field Ambulance
29 Feb 1916:	Discharged AIF WW1, Major, Australian Naval and Military Expeditionary Force, Discharged at 2nd Military District
20 Mar 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Major, 2nd/3rd Casualty Clearing Station, Enlisted at Sydney, NSW
5 Jun 1916:	Involvement Major, 3rd Australian Casualty Clearing Station, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '23' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Borda embarkation_ship_number: A30 public_note: ''
5 Jun 1916:	Embarked Major, 3rd Australian Casualty Clearing Station, HMAT Borda, Sydney
25 Nov 1917:	Transferred AIF WW1, Major, 6th Field Ambulance, From 3rd Australian Casualty Clearing Station
6 Jun 1918:	Promoted AIF WW1, Lieutenant Colonel, 1st Field Ambulance
5 Oct 1918:	Transferred AIF WW1, Major, 1st Field Ambulance, From 6th Field Ambulance
27 Sep 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Lieutenant Colonel, 1st Field Ambulance, Discharged at the 2nd Military District

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Biography contributed by Carol Foster

Son of William Alfred Simmons and Harriet Ann Simmons nee Booth of 8 Lorne Street, Summer Hill, NSW. Brother of Herbert Linden Simmons, Muriel Isabella Simmons and Reginald G. Simmons

Husband of Edna Millicent Kathleen Simmons nee Goode. Father of David Goode Simmons, Derek Goode Simmons and Rosamund Simmons

Embarked S.S. Eastern for Rabaul

Commenced return to Australia from Rabaul on 21 January 1916 aboard SS Morinda

Commenced return to Australia on 19 April 1919 aboard HT Sardinia

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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