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SIMMONS, Thomas Edward
Personal Details
Service Number: | 5847 |
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Enlisted: | 12 July 1915, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria |
Last Rank: | Driver |
Last Unit: | 5th Light Horse Brigade Signal Troop |
Born: | Belgrave, Victoria, Australia, 1898 |
Home Town: | Belgrave, Yarra Ranges, Victoria |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Labourer |
Died: | Hawthorn, Victoria, Australia, 1951, cause of death not yet discovered |
Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
Memorials: | Tecoma Belgrave War Memorial |
Service History
World War 1 Service
12 Jul 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Sapper, 5847, 3rd Light Horse Brigade Signal Troop, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria | |
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28 Dec 1915: | Involvement Sapper, 5847, 3rd Light Horse Brigade Signal Troop, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '6' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Themistocles embarkation_ship_number: A32 public_note: '' | |
28 Dec 1915: | Embarked Sapper, 5847, 3rd Light Horse Brigade Signal Troop, HMAT Themistocles, Melbourne | |
15 Aug 1917: | Transferred AIF WW1, Sapper, 1st Signal Squadron | |
21 Oct 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Driver, 5847, 5th Light Horse Brigade Signal Troop, Discharged at the 3rd Military District |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Served as Edward Thomas Simmons
Son of Thomas Simmons and Henrietta Simmons of Belgrave, Victoria
Commenced return to Australia on 26 July 1919 aboard HT Burma disembarking on the 28 August 1919
Medals, British War Medal, Victory Medal
During 1936c Thomas married Doris Maud Garraway in Victoria