Earl Percival SIMONS

SIMONS, Earl Percival

Service Number: 5856
Enlisted: 19 April 1916, Enlisted at Adelaide, SA
Last Rank: Private
Last Unit: Australian Employment Company
Born: Hambley Bridge, South Australia, 21 February 1894
Home Town: Balaklava, Wakefield, South Australia
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Saddler
Died: 6 October 1983, aged 89 years, cause of death not yet discovered, place of death not yet discovered
Cemetery: Hamley Bridge General Cemetery
Headstone inscription reads: 1st A.I.F Rest in peace
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World War 1 Service

19 Apr 1916: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 5856, 10th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Adelaide, SA
27 Jun 1916: Involvement Private, 5856, 10th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Barambah embarkation_ship_number: A37 public_note: ''
27 Jun 1916: Embarked Private, 5856, 10th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Barambah, Melbourne
11 Nov 1917: Transferred AIF WW1, Private, Australian Employment Company, From 10th Battalion
30 May 1919: Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 5856, Australian Employment Company, Discharged at the 4th Military District

World War 2 Service

30 Apr 1942: Enlisted Balaklava, SA

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Biography contributed by Carol Foster

Son of Luther Simons and Wilhelmina Sophia Helen Simons nee Hoepner of Balaklava, SA. Brother of Ronald Victor Simons, Christina Sarah Simons and Eva Doris Simons

Commenced return to Australia on 3 March 1919 aboard HMAT Euridipes disembarking on 22 April 1919

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

On 11 October 1922 Earl married Mary Beatrice Williams in the Methodist Church, Clare, SA.