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SIMONS, Felix Leonard
Personal Details
| Service Numbers: | 1236, 4475 |
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| Enlisted: | 23 February 1916, Enlisted at Blackboy Hill, WA |
| Last Rank: | Sapper |
| Last Unit: | 3rd Tunnelling Company (inc. 6th Tunnelling Company) |
| Born: | Kerswick, Victoria, Australia, 1880 |
| Home Town: | Narrogin, Narrogin, Western Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Brunswick, Western Australia, 19 November 1923, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Bunbury General Cemetery, Bunbury, Western Australia Section B, Grave 153 |
| Memorials: | Cuballing War Memorial |
Service History
Boer War Service
| 1 Oct 1899: | Involvement Private, 1236, 5th Victorian Mounted Rifles |
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World War 1 Service
| 23 Feb 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Sapper, 4475, 3rd Tunnelling Company (inc. 6th Tunnelling Company), Enlisted at Blackboy Hill, WA | |
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| 1 Jun 1916: | Involvement Sapper, 4475, 3rd Tunnelling Company (inc. 6th Tunnelling Company), --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '6' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Warilda embarkation_ship_number: A69 public_note: '' | |
| 1 Jun 1916: | Embarked Sapper, 4475, 3rd Tunnelling Company (inc. 6th Tunnelling Company), HMAT Warilda, Fremantle | |
| 2 Apr 1917: | Wounded AIF WW1, Sapper, 4475, 3rd Tunnelling Company (inc. 6th Tunnelling Company), Multiple wounds to the face, legs and arms causing the loss of the left eye. Invalided to England on 9 April 1917 aboard HS Newhaven | |
| 15 Nov 1917: | Discharged AIF WW1, Sapper, 4475, 3rd Tunnelling Company (inc. 6th Tunnelling Company), Discharged at the 5th Military District as wounded |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Address at the time of enlistment was Narrogin, WA
Son of Edmund Simons and Elizabeth Smons nee Craze of Geelong, Victoria
Commenced return to Australia on 27 July 1917 aboard HT Demosthenes disembarking on 18 September 1917
Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal