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William Albert Simmons

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Headstone of Sergeant William Albert Simmons (8300). Boulogne Eastern Cemetery, France. New Zealand War Graves Trust (FRCS4009). CC BY-NC-ND 4.0.

Headstone of Sergeant William Albert Simmons (8300). Boulogne Eastern Cemetery, France. New Zealand …

Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    William Albert AWMM
  • Surname
    Simmons AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
    William Albert Robinson AWMM
  • Service number
    WWI 8300 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    1885 BDM, births BDM, births
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    WW1 Eliza Simmons (mother), Johnsonville, Wellington, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
  • Campaign
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Service number
    WWI 8300 AWMM
  • Military service
  • Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers

Military decorations

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  • Medals and Awards

Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
  • Enlistment
  • Occupation before enlistment
  • Age on enlistment

Embarkations

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  • Embarkation details

Prisoner of war

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  • Capture details
  • Days interned
  • Liberation date
  • Liberation Repatriation
  • POW liberation details
  • POW serial number

Medical history

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  • Medical notes
    • 9 July 1917 AWMMHospital Diseases , Wounds, WWI AWMM
      Dangerously ill, gunshot wounds arms, 13th Deneral Hospital, Boulogne AWMM
    • Died of wounds, Cause of Death AWMM

Last known rank

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Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Son of Eliza Simmons, of Johnsonville, Wellington

    Served as William Albert Robinson AWMM

Death

About death

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  • Death
    11 July 1917 Base records file
    Age 32 AWMM
    France, Europe CWGC
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
    Died of wounds AWMM
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
    Boulogne Eastern Cemetery, Boulogne, France AWMM IV. A. 29. AWMM
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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