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SIMMONS, John Jacques
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 1380 |
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| Enlisted: | 22 April 1915, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria |
| Last Rank: | Sergeant |
| Last Unit: | 1st Divisional Signal Company |
| Born: | Oakleigh, Victoria, Australia, 1891 |
| Home Town: | Oakleigh, Monash, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Telegraph Operator |
| Died: | Fitzroy, Victoria, Australia, 1960, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
| Memorials: | Hawthorn Postmaster General's Department Victoria 1, Oakleigh Roll of Honour |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 22 Apr 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Sapper, 1380, 1st Signal Company Engineers, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria | |
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| 15 Sep 1915: | Involvement Sapper, 1380, 1st Signal Company Engineers, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '6' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: SS Makarini embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: '' | |
| 15 Sep 1915: | Embarked Sapper, 1380, 1st Signal Company Engineers, SS Makarini, Melbourne | |
| 21 Aug 1917: | Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 1st Signal Company Engineers, In France | |
| 5 Oct 1917: | Transferred AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 1st Divisional Ammunition Column, From 1st Signal Company Engineers | |
| 6 Nov 1917: | Transferred AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 1st Divisional Signal Company, From 1st Divisional Ammunition Column | |
| 7 Dec 1917: | Promoted AIF WW1, Corporal, 1st Divisional Signal Company, In France | |
| 8 Mar 1918: | Promoted AIF WW1, Sergeant, 1st Divisional Signal Company, In France. | |
| 28 Apr 1918: | Wounded AIF WW1, Sergeant, 1380, 1st Divisional Signal Company, Shrapnel wound to the left cheek | |
| 28 Jul 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Sergeant, 1380, 1st Divisional Signal Company, Discharged at the 3rd Military District |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of John Jacques Simmons and Elizabeth Ann Simmons nee Salter of Atherton Road, Oakleigh, Victoria
Commenced return to Australia on 12 April 1919 aboard HT Suffolk disembarking on the 5 June 1919
Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
During 1924c John married Florence Evelyn Leatham in Victoria