Albert George SIMMONS

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Service Number:	595
Enlisted:	12 January 1917, Enlisted at Hawthorn, Victoria
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	24th Machine Gun Company
Born:	Fitzroy, Victoria, Australia, 19 June 1883
Home Town:	Collingwood, Yarra, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Hairdresser
Died:	Burnt in a fire, Fitzroy, Victoria, Australia, 2 August 1968, aged 85 years
Cemetery:	Not yet discovered
Memorials:

12 Jan 1917:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 595, 10th Machine Gun Company, Enlisted at Hawthorn, Victoria
11 May 1917:	Involvement Private, 595, 10th Machine Gun Company, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '21' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ascanius embarkation_ship_number: A11 public_note: ''
11 May 1917:	Embarked Private, 595, 10th Machine Gun Company, HMAT Ascanius, Melbourne
3 Feb 1918:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 24th Machine Gun Company, In France
4 Aug 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 595, Discharged at 3rd Military District while serving with the Headquarters Australian Base Depot

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Son of Joseph Simmons and Jane Simmons nee Brown of Victoria

Husband of Ellen Elizabeth Simmons nee Morgan of 27 Islington Street, Collingwood, Victoria. Albert and Ellen married in Victoria during 1911

Commenced return to Australia on 15 May 1919 aboard HMAT Ypiringa disembarking on the 5 July 1919

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal