John Sidney SIMONS

Regimental number2443
Place of birthGoulburn New South Wales
ReligionPresbyterian
OccupationCook
Address2l Wilton Street, Sydney, New South Wales
Marital statusMarried
Age at embarkation37
Next of kinWife, Mrs L M Simons, 21 Wilton Street, Sydney, New South Wales
Enlistment date19 July 1915
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name17th Battalion, 5th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/34/2
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A32 Themistocles on 5 October 1915
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal RollAustralian Employment Company
FateReturned to Australia 11 January 1918
Family/military connectionsBrothers: 1383 Pte Richard Clyde SIMONS, 3rd Bn, killed in action, Gallipoli, 29 April 1915; 4865 Pte James Lovell SIMONS, 55th Bn, killed in action, Passchendaele, Belgium, 10 October 1917.~