John SIMMONS

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Service Number:	1975
Enlisted:	4 October 1915, Enlisted at Cootamnudra
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	57th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Sale, Victoria, Australia, 1892
Home Town:	Tallangatta, Towong, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 1940, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Not yet discovered
Memorials:

4 Oct 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1975, 59th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Cootamnudra
4 May 1916:	Involvement Private, 1975, 59th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '20' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Port Lincoln embarkation_ship_number: A17 public_note: ''
4 May 1916:	Embarked Private, 1975, 59th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Port Lincoln, Melbourne
10 Sep 1916:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 57th Infantry Battalion, From the 59th Battalion
28 Apr 1917:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 67th Infantry Battalion (WW1), From the 57th Battalion
6 Oct 1917:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 57th Infantry Battalion, From 67th Battalion
26 Mar 1918:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 1975, 57th Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 3rd Military District as medically unfit due to asthma

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Son of William Godfrey Simmons and Margaret Simmons nee Murphy of Tallangatta, Victoria formerly of Sale, Victoria

Husband of Florence Mary Simmons nee Gray of 2 Fifteen Street, Mentone, Victoria. John and Florence married during 1919 in Victoria

Commenced return to Australia on 21 December 1917

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

During March 1923 while living at 73 Colebrook Street, West Brunswick, Victoria he lodged an application for a grant under the War Service Homes Act