Victor Rex SIMMONS

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Service Number:	1731
Enlisted:	15 December 1915, Enlisted at Enoggera, QLD
Last Rank:	Lance Corporal
Last Unit:	49th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Ulldulla, New South Wales, Australia, 1898
Home Town:	Brooklet, Ballina, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Farmer
Died:	Kyogle, New South Wales, Australia, 1966, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Not yet discovered
Memorials:

15 Dec 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1731, 49th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Enoggera, QLD
20 Apr 1916:	Involvement Private, 1731, 49th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '19' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: SS Hawkes Bay embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: ''
20 Apr 1916:	Embarked Private, 1731, 49th Infantry Battalion, SS Hawkes Bay, Sydney
5 Apr 1917:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 69th Infantry Battalion (WW1), From 19th Battalion
19 Sep 1917:	Transferred AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 49th Infantry Battalion, From 69th Battalion
12 Feb 1918:	Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 49th Infantry Battalion
1 Jan 1920:	Discharged AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 1731, 49th Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 1st Military District

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At the time of enlistment he was living in Brisbane

Son of James Simmons and Elizabeth Simmons of Brooklet, NSW

On 22 February 1919 Victor married Eliza Evans in All Souls Church, Radford, England. Vicar W. Burgess officiated

Commenced return to Australia on 6 September 1919 aboard HT Berrima disembarking on the 8 November 1919

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal