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SIMMONS, Horace Richard
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 478 |
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| Enlisted: | 28 October 1914, Enlisted at Guilford, WA |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 50th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Kooringa, Burra, South Australia, 23 August 1893 |
| Home Town: | Beaconsfield, Fremantle, Western Australia |
| Schooling: | Beaconsfield State School, Fremantle, Western Australia |
| Occupation: | Camel Driver |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Belgium, 18 October 1917, aged 24 years |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Originally buried but his grave was lost. Wounded on 15 October 1917, Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres, Flanders, Belgium |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Fremantle 849 Memorial, Kings Park 10th Light Horse Regiment Memorial WA, Menin Gate Memorial (Commonwealth Memorial to the Missing of the Ypres Salient), Onslow Ashburton District Roll of Honor |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 28 Oct 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 478, 10th Light Horse Regiment, Enlisted at Guilford, WA | |
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| 17 Feb 1915: | Involvement Private, 478, 10th Light Horse Regiment, Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '3' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Surada embarkation_ship_number: A52 public_note: '' | |
| 17 Feb 1915: | Embarked Private, 478, 10th Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Surada, Fremantle | |
| 6 Sep 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 32nd Infantry Battalion, From 10th Light Horse Regiment | |
| 11 Jun 1917: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 50th Infantry Battalion, From 32nd Battalion | |
| 18 Oct 1917: | Involvement Private, 478, 50th Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 478 awm_unit: 50 Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1917-10-18 |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of Richard Simmons and Florence Maud Simmons nee Richards of Onslow, WA. Brother of Daris Maud Simmons
Husband of Matilda Mary Simmons nee Hales of Bolton Street, Kensington Park, London, England
Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal