SIMMONS, Alfred Edward George
Service Number: | 6639 |
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Enlisted: | 15 December 1915, Enlisted at Suez, Egypt |
Last Rank: | Driver |
Last Unit: | 14th Field Artillery Brigade |
Born: | Melbourne Victoria, Australia, 1887 |
Home Town: | Fitzroy, Yarra, Victoria |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Jockey |
Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
18 Nov 1915: | Involvement Driver, 6639, 4th Field Artillery Brigade, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '3' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Wiltshire embarkation_ship_number: A18 public_note: '' | |
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18 Nov 1915: | Embarked Driver, 6639, 4th Field Artillery Brigade, HMAT Wiltshire, Melbourne | |
15 Dec 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Driver, 6639, 4th Field Artillery Brigade, Enlisted at Suez, Egypt | |
6 Nov 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Driver, 3rd Division Artillery | |
30 Dec 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Driver, 9th Field Artillery Brigade , From 3rd Divisional Artillery at Southampton, England | |
6 Jan 1917: | Transferred AIF WW1, Driver, 8th Field Artillery Brigade , From 9th Field Artillery Brigade in France | |
17 Apr 1917: | Transferred AIF WW1, Driver, 3rd Divisional Ammunition Column, From 8th Field Artillery Brigade | |
29 Sep 1917: | Transferred AIF WW1, Driver, 5th Division Artillery , From 3rd D.A.C. | |
6 Oct 1917: | Transferred AIF WW1, Driver, 14th Field Artillery Brigade , From 5th Divisional Artillery | |
21 Nov 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Driver, 6639, 14th Field Artillery Brigade , Discharged at the 3rd Military District |
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Son of Edward Simmons and Lavinia Simmons nee Howe of Hotham West, Victoria
Next of kin given as his aunt Esther Herald of 53 Napier Street, Fitzroy, Victoria
On 16 January 1919 Alfred married Iris Glendenning in the Lambeth Registry Office, England. Registrar J.J. Barwick and Superintendant Edward Wilmott officiated
Commenced return to Australia on 8 August 1919 aboard HT Katoomba disembarking on the 22 September 1919
In February 1942 Alfred was residing at Caves House, Jenolan Caves, NSW
Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal