Charles Thomas SIMCOE

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Service Number:	2371
Enlisted:	29 November 1917, Enlisted as Sapper 2371 AIF.
Last Rank:	Corporal
Last Unit:	5th Broad Gauge Railway Operating Coy
Born:	Clifton Hill, Victoria, Australia, date not yet discovered
Home Town:	Clifton Hill, Yarra, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Cleaner
Died:	Huntingdale, Victoria, Australia, 3 November 1962, cause of death not yet discovered, age not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Springvale Botanical Cemetery, Melbourne Cremated - Interred: Dodonaea Section, Garden N2, Bed 2, Niche 11.
Memorials:	Sale Heart Hall Honour Roll

29 Nov 1917:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Sapper, 2371, Railway Unit (2nd/AIF), Enlisted as Sapper 2371 AIF.
22 Dec 1917:	Involvement Private, 2371, Railway Unit (AIF), --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '6' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ulysses embarkation_ship_number: A38 public_note: ''
22 Dec 1917:	Embarked Private, 2371, Railway Unit (AIF), HMAT Ulysses, Melbourne
22 Dec 1917:	Embarked AIF WW1, Sapper, 2371, Railway Unit (2nd/AIF), Embarked Melbourne, Australia Aboard Vessel A38 "HMAT Ulysses" Bound for Suez, Egypt. Disembarked Suez, Egypt 16th January 1918.
29 Jan 1918:	Embarked AIF WW1, Sapper, 2371, Railway Unit (2nd/AIF), Embarked Suez, Egypt Bound for England. Disembarked England 2nd February 1918.
5 Jun 1918:	Embarked AIF WW1, Sapper, 2371, 5th Broad Gauge Railway Operating Coy, Embarked England Bound for Rouelles, France. Disembarked Rouelles, France 7th June 1918.
1 Dec 1918:	Promoted AIF WW1, Corporal, 5th Broad Gauge Railway Operating Coy, Promoted to Temporary Corporal in the Field, France.
3 Sep 1919:	Embarked AIF WW1, Corporal, 2371, 5th Broad Gauge Railway Operating Coy, Embarked England Aboard the Vessel A14 "HMAT Euripides" Bound for Melbourne, Australia. Disembarked 20th October 1919 at Melbourne, Australia.
22 Dec 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Corporal, 2371, 5th Broad Gauge Railway Operating Coy, Discharged from the AIF at Melbourne, Australia as Corporal 2371. Last Active Unit was the 5th Australian Broad Gauge Railway Operating Company AIF.

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