SIMONS, Samuel
Service Numbers: | 566, 86102 |
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Enlisted: | 7 September 1914, Enlisted at Holsworthy, NSW |
Last Rank: | Lance Corporal |
Last Unit: | Special Services AIF |
Born: | Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 15 June 1890 |
Home Town: | Sydney, City of Sydney, New South Wales |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Tailor |
Died: | Sydney, New South Wales, Australia , 21 March 1964, aged 73 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
Cemetery: |
Rookwood Cemetery & Crematorium Plot 12, Zone G, Row 7, Grave 61 |
Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
7 Sep 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 566, 13th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Holsworthy, NSW | |
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22 Dec 1914: | Involvement Lance Corporal, 566, 13th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '11' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ulysses embarkation_ship_number: A38 public_note: '' | |
22 Dec 1914: | Embarked Lance Corporal, 566, 13th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ulysses, Melbourne | |
2 May 1915: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 566, 13th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, Gunshot wound to the left thigh | |
4 Mar 1916: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 566, 13th Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 2nd Military District | |
31 Jul 1919: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 86102, Special Services AIF, Enlisted in NSW | |
12 Aug 1919: | Embarked AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 86102, Special Services AIF | |
1 Mar 1920: | Discharged AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 86102, Special Services AIF, Discharged at the 2nd Military District as medically unfit |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of Robert Simons and Rose Simons nee Isaacs of 248 George Street, Sydney, NSW
Commenced return to Australia (first tiem) on 8 October 1915 aboard HS Suevic disembarking on the 20 November 1915
Commenced return to Australia (second time) on 18 December 1919 Aboard Konigin Luise disembarking on 7 February 1920
Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal