SIMMONDS, Reginald Charles Thomas
| Service Numbers: | VX13106, 129534 |
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| Enlisted: | 25 April 1940 |
| Last Rank: | Leading Aircraftman |
| Last Unit: | No. 7 Airfield Construction Squadron |
| Born: | Devonport, Tasmania, Australia, 4 January 1905 |
| Home Town: | Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 16 November 1977, aged 72 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Sunbury Public Cemetery |
| Memorials: |
World War 2 Service
| 25 Apr 1940: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, VX13106 | |
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| 25 Apr 1940: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Sapper, VX13106, 2 Railway Unit | |
| 16 Apr 1941: | Discharged Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, VX13106 | |
| 16 May 1941: | Discharged Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Sapper, VX13106, 2 Railway Unit | |
| 11 May 1943: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Leading Aircraftman, 129534, No. 7 Airfield Construction Squadron | |
| 11 May 1945: | Discharged Royal Australian Air Force, Leading Aircraftman, 129534, No. 7 Airfield Construction Squadron | |
| Date unknown: | Involvement Sapper, VX13106, Railway Unit (2nd/AIF) |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Chris Buckley
Reg was the eldest of eight children of Charles Thomas Samuel Simmonds (born 1879 in Melbourne, Victoria) and Ellen (Nell) Mary Buckley (born 1882 in Deloraine, Tasmania). Charles was a House Painter and Decorator in 1903 in Devonport Tasmania when he married Nell. They lived in Burnie and Launceston, Tasmania before moving to Melbourne, Victoria in 1924 where Charles was a House Painter and Decorator.
Reg was a Labourer in Melbourne, Victoria in 1929 when he married Elsie Clare Hanley (born 1912 in Mildura, Victoria). Reg and Elsie lived in Melbourne, Victoria where Reg worked as a Labourer. Elsie died in 1940.
Reg enlisted in the Australian Army in April 1940. He was a Sapper (Service No:VX13106) attached to 2 Railway Unit when he was Discharged in April 1941. Brothers John Vernon (Private, Service No:VX91818), Geoffry William (Private, Service No:VX23223), Raymond William Joseph (Private, Service No:V270684) and George Joseph (Private, Service Nos:V175143/VX135414) also served in WWII.
In 1942 Reg was working as a Storeman in Melbourne, Victoria when he married Mary May Gannaway (nee Duncan, born 1890 in Melbourne, Victoria). Reg and Mary lived in Melbourne, Victoria where Reg worked as a Storeman. Mary died in 1970 and Reg in 1977.
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