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SIMMONS, Albert George
Personal Details
Service Number: | 595 |
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Enlisted: | 12 January 1917, Enlisted at Hawthorn, Victoria |
Last Rank: | Private |
Last Unit: | 24th Machine Gun Company |
Born: | Fitzroy, Victoria, Australia, 19 June 1883 |
Home Town: | Collingwood, Yarra, Victoria |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Hairdresser |
Died: | Burnt in a fire, Fitzroy, Victoria, Australia, 2 August 1968, aged 85 years |
Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
Memorials: |
Service History
World War 1 Service
12 Jan 1917: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 595, 10th Machine Gun Company, Enlisted at Hawthorn, Victoria | |
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11 May 1917: | Involvement Private, 595, 10th Machine Gun Company, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '21' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ascanius embarkation_ship_number: A11 public_note: '' | |
11 May 1917: | Embarked Private, 595, 10th Machine Gun Company, HMAT Ascanius, Melbourne | |
3 Feb 1918: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 24th Machine Gun Company, In France | |
4 Aug 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 595, Discharged at 3rd Military District while serving with the Headquarters Australian Base Depot |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of Joseph Simmons and Jane Simmons nee Brown of Victoria
Husband of Ellen Elizabeth Simmons nee Morgan of 27 Islington Street, Collingwood, Victoria. Albert and Ellen married in Victoria during 1911
Commenced return to Australia on 15 May 1919 aboard HMAT Ypiringa disembarking on the 5 July 1919
Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal