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SIMMONS, John
Personal Details
Service Number: | 2994 |
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Enlisted: | 12 July 1916, Enlisted at Bunbury, WA |
Last Rank: | Private |
Last Unit: | 51st Infantry Battalion (WW1) |
Born: | Bunbury, Western Australia, 1881 |
Home Town: | Boyanup, Capel, Western Australia |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Farmer |
Died: | Wellington, Western Australia, 1946, cause of death not yet discovered |
Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
Memorials: | Boyanup War Memorial |
Service History
World War 1 Service
12 Jul 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2994, 51st Infantry Battalion (WW1), Enlisted at Bunbury, WA | |
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9 Nov 1916: | Involvement Private, 2994, 51st Infantry Battalion (WW1), --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '19' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Argyllshire embarkation_ship_number: A8 public_note: '' | |
9 Nov 1916: | Embarked Private, 2994, 51st Infantry Battalion (WW1), HMAT Argyllshire, Fremantle | |
26 Sep 1917: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 2994, 51st Infantry Battalion (WW1), Wound to the left wrist. On 7 October he boarded HS Aberdonian for England | |
25 Apr 1918: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 2994, 51st Infantry Battalion (WW1), Second occasion. | |
10 Sep 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 2994, 51st Infantry Battalion (WW1), Discharged at the 5th Military District |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of Thomas Simmons and Charlotte Simmons nee Woods of Boyanup, WA
Commenced return to Australia on 21 June 1919 aboard Konigin Luise disembarking on the 3 August 1919
Medals:: British War Medal, Victory Medal
During 1920c John married Annie Hubert in Wellington, WA