SIMMONS, Gordon Thornton
Service Number: | 10116 |
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Enlisted: | 20 December 1915, Enlisted at Sydney, NSW |
Last Rank: | Driver |
Last Unit: | Trench Mortar Battery |
Born: | Waterloo, New South Wales, Australia, 10 June 1890 |
Home Town: | Stanmore, Marrickville, New South Wales |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Railway Guard |
Died: | Sydney, New South Wales, Australia , 21 August 1925, aged 35 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
Cemetery: |
Rookwood Cemetery & Crematorium |
Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
20 Dec 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 10116, 11 Army Service Corps, Enlisted at Sydney, NSW | |
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14 Apr 1916: | Involvement Private, 10116, 11 Army Service Corps, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '21' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Ceramic embarkation_ship_number: A40 public_note: '' | |
14 Apr 1916: | Embarked Private, 10116, 11 Army Service Corps, HMAT Ceramic, Sydney | |
18 Oct 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 1st Division Supply Column , From 11 Army Service Corps | |
15 Mar 1918: | Transferred AIF WW1, Driver, Trench Mortar Battery | |
30 Jun 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Driver, 10116, Trench Mortar Battery, Discharged at the 2nd Military District as medically unfit |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
During 1913c Gordon married Elizabeth Harriett Hollens at Redfern, NSW. Father of Sylvia Merle Simmons and Gordon Joseph Simmons
Commenced return to Australia on 31 March 1919 aboard HT Khyber disembarking on the 14 May 1919
Medals: British War Medal: Victory Medal
Biography contributed by Eve Kiernan
Also father of Gordon Thornton Simmons (known as George) born 7 March, 1926, Manly NSW.