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Norman Thomas SIMMONS

Regimental number4899
Place of birthKyneton, Victoria
SchoolMildura State School, Victoria
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationGrocer
AddressMildura, Victoria
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation20
Height5' 6.5"
Weight126 lbs
Next of kinFather, Mr T H Simmons, Orange Avenue, Mildura, Victoria
Previous military serviceNil (previously rejected for enlistment on account of chest measurement)
Enlistment date14 October 1915
Place of enlistmentMelbourne, Victoria
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name7th Battalion, 15th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/24/4
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A18 Wiltshire on 7 March 1916
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll59th Battalion
FateKilled in Action 19 July 1916
Place of death or woundingFleurbaix, France
Age at death21
Age at death from cemetery records21
Place of burialNo known grave
Commemoration detailsV.C. Corner (Panel No 17), Australian Cemetery, Fromelles, France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
168
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Thomas and Margaret SIMMONS, Mildura, Victoria. Native of Dyneton, Victoria
Other details

Taken on strength, 59th Bn, Duntroon Plateau, 20 April 1916.

Embarked Alexandria to join the British Expeditionary Force, 18 June 1916; disembarked Marseilles, France, 29 June 1916.

Posted missing, 19 July 1916.

Court of Enquiry, held in the field, 29 August 1917, pronounced fate as 'Killed in Action, 19 July 1916'.

Handwritten note on Form B103: 'Presume Buried In No Man's Land approx 5J90 43 to 5K02.5.1 Sheet Hazebrouck 5A'.

Statement, Red Cross File No 2500508, 4909 Pte H.A.WEBSTER, B Company, 59th Bn, 28 June 1917: 'At Rifle Ville, near Fleurbaix, on the 20th July, 1916, I saw his body. He had been killed a day or two previously. I saw his grave in the Military Cemetery at Fleurbaix - There was a cross with his name, number and battalion on it.'

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNAA: B2455, SIMMONS Norman Thomas
Red Cross File No 2500508

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