Francis (Frank) SIMONS

SIMONS, Francis

Service Number: 3743
Enlisted: 19 September 1917, Adelaide, South Australia
Last Rank: Driver
Last Unit: 1st Field Squadron Engineers AIF
Born: Edwardstown, South Australia, 14 February 1899
Home Town: Mount Compass, Alexandrina, South Australia
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Farrier
Died: Tuberculosis, Keswick, South Australia, 25 October 1940, aged 41 years
Cemetery: AIF Cemetery, West Terrace Cemetery, Adelaide, South Australia
Light Oval, Row 2N, Grave 6. Interred on 27 October 1940, number WA32256 which expires on the 31 December 2032
Memorials: Edwardstown District WW1 Roll of Honor, Mount Compass - Nangkita Districts Honour Roll
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World War 1 Service

19 Sep 1917: Enlisted AIF WW1, Adelaide, South Australia
30 Apr 1918: Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 3743, 9th Light Horse Regiment, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '2' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: SS Port Darwin embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: ''
30 Apr 1918: Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 3743, 9th Light Horse Regiment, SS Port Darwin, Sydney
30 Sep 1919: Discharged AIF WW1, Driver, 3743, 1st Field Squadron Engineers AIF, Discharged at the 4th Military District
Date unknown: Wounded 3743

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Biography contributed by Carol Foster

Brother of Nancy Olive Simons, Henry Simons, Grace Emily Simons, Albert Simons and George Howard Simons

Commenced return to Australia 3 July 1919 aboard HT Malta disembarking on 30 July 1919 at Perth, WA for onward travel to Adelaide, SA

Medal: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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"SIMONS. — On the 25th of October, at Repatriation Hospital, Keswick, Frank, beloved friend of Elsie Viney, God knoweth best.

SIMONS.— On the 25th of October, at Repatriation Hospital, Keswick, Francis Simons, of Mount Compass, and late 1st Field Squadron Engineers, A.I.F., and loved son of the late Elizabeth Emily and Albert Henry Simons, aged 41 years. Resting." - from the Adelaide Chronicle 31 Oct 1940 (nla.gov.au)

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