Carl Elias SIMONSEN

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Service Number:	1996
Enlisted:	14 June 1915, Enlisted at Beechworth, Victoria
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	21st Infantry Battalion
Born:	Copenhagen, Denmark, 1894
Home Town:	Beechworth, Indigo, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Sailor
Died:	Heidleberg, Victoria, Australia, 8 September 1963, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Box Hill General Cemetery, Victoria Interred on 9 September 1963 under the name of Charles Elias Simonsen. Section 163, Grave 0034
Memorials:

14 Jun 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1996, 21st Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Beechworth, Victoria
26 Aug 1915:	Involvement Private, 1996, 21st Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '13' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Anchises embarkation_ship_number: A68 public_note: ''
26 Aug 1915:	Embarked Private, 1996, 21st Infantry Battalion, HMAT Anchises, Melbourne
28 Jul 1916:	Embarked Private, 1996, 22nd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Themistocles, Melbourne
28 Jul 1916:	Involvement Private, 1996, 22nd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '13' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Themistocles embarkation_ship_number: A32 public_note: ''
25 Feb 1917:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 1996, 21st Infantry Battalion, Shell wound to the index finger on the right hand
26 Oct 1918:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 1996, 21st Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 3rd Military District as medically unfit due to wounding

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Also known as Charles Elias Simonsen

Son of Marimus Simonsen and Maria Simonsen nee Petersen of TYllard, Denmark

On 15 August 1918 Carl married Dorothy Phyllis Hobbs in St James Shurch, Earling, England. Curate T.T. Hedges officiated

Commenced return to Australia on 24 August 1918 aboard HT Medic disembarking on the 11 October 1918

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