SIMMONS, Thomas
Service Number: | 2513 |
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Enlisted: | 15 May 1916, Enlisted at Bankstown, NSW |
Last Rank: | Private |
Last Unit: | 56th Infantry Battalion |
Born: | Bankstown, New South Wales, Australia, 1898 |
Home Town: | Bankstown, Bankstown, New South Wales |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Labourer |
Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
15 May 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2513, 54th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Bankstown, NSW | |
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30 Nov 1916: | Involvement Private, 2513, 54th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '19' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Aeneas embarkation_ship_number: A60 public_note: '' | |
30 Nov 1916: | Embarked Private, 2513, 54th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Aeneas, Sydney | |
25 Apr 1917: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 62nd Infantry Battalion, From 54th Battalion | |
2 Oct 1917: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 54th Infantry Battalion, From 62nd Battalion | |
11 Oct 1918: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 56th Infantry Battalion, From 54th Battalaion | |
28 Aug 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 2513, 56th Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 2nd Military District |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of Thomas Simmons and Mary Williams formerly Simmons of Bankstown, NSW
Next of kin given as his step-father George Williams of Nicholls Street, Lakemba, NSW
Commenced return to Australia of 2 June 1919 aboard HT Beltana disembarking on 20 July 1919
Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
In August 1933 Thomas was residing at Port MacQuarie, NSW with his postal address being C/- the Tamworth Post Office, NSW
In 1935 Thomas went propecting for gold near Gundagai, NSW