Ian Grant SIMMONS

SIMMONS, Ian Grant

Service Numbers: 2728, V82730
Enlisted: 25 August 1916, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria
Last Rank: Private
Last Unit: 13th Field Artillery Brigade
Born: Morwell, Victoria, Australia, 25 July 1890
Home Town: Hazelwood, Latrobe, Victoria
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Farmer
Died: Kew, Victoria, Australia, 6 June 1968, aged 77 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery: Melbourne General Cemetery, Carlton
Memorials: Hazelwood Soldier Settlement Memorial
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World War 1 Service

25 Aug 1916: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2728, 59th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria
2 Oct 1916: Involvement Private, 2728, 59th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '20' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Nestor embarkation_ship_number: A71 public_note: ''
2 Oct 1916: Embarked Private, 2728, 59th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Nestor, Melbourne
10 Sep 1917: Transferred AIF WW1, Trooper, 13th Light Trench Mortar Battery, From 59th Battalion. Rank given as Trooper when taken on strength
30 Nov 1917: Transferred AIF WW1, Gunner, 13th Field Artillery Brigade, Rank of Gunner given when taken on strength
17 Oct 1919: Discharged AIF WW1, Gunner, 2728, 13th Field Artillery Brigade, Discharged at the 3rd Military District

World War 2 Service

25 Jan 1940: Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, V82730

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Biography contributed by Carol Foster

Son of Thomas Simmons and Margaret Grant Simmons nee Black of North Hazelwood, Victoria

Commenced return to Australia on 8 July 1919 aboard Friedrichourhe isembarking on the 1 September 1919

During 1923c Ian married Ruby May Hatfield in Victoria