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Patrick SIMMONS

Regimental number6416
Place of birthCastle Connel County, Limmerick, Ireland
ReligionRoman Catholic
OccupationLabourer
AddressGlebe, New South Wales
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation40
Next of kinSister, Miss E Simmons, Cottham Street, Glebe, New South Wales
Enlistment date9 February 1916
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll9 June 1916
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name20th Battalion, 18th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/37/4
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A29 Suevic on 11 November 1916
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll20th Battalion
Other details from Roll of Honour CircularFate place not known, however, buried at Vignacourt British Cemetary.
FateKilled in Action 21 May 1918
Date of death21 May 1918
Place of burialVignacourt British Cemetery (Plot II, Row b, Grave No. 18), France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
92
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Martin and Mary SIMMONS. Native of Castleconnell, Co. Limerick, Ireland
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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