SIMKIN E.

Given Names:  Ernest

Service Number:  2369

Unit:  22nd Battalion, 5th reinforcements                                                                          

Rank:  Private  

Paybook Number: 

Age:  22 Yrs  9 Mths

Occupation:  Butcher                                                                                                     

Marital Status:  Single

Religion:  Church of England

PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION           

Height:  5 Ft  6 In                     

Weight:  148 Lbs

Chest:  33-34½ In

Hair:  Black

Eyes:  Grey

Complexion:  Ruddy

ENLISTMENT

Date Enlisted:  10/7/1915

Place:  Melbourne

Next of Kin:  MOTHER  Mrs Emma Matilda Simkin

60 Elgin Street, Hawthorn, Victoria                                                                                   

Embarkation Date:  29/9/1915

Port:  Melbourne                                       

Ship:  RMS Osterley

END OF WAR 

Status:  Returned to Australia

Ship:  Zealandia                                        

Embarked:  3/7/1919                                 

Disembarked:  23/8/1919

Unit:  22nd Battalion                                                                                                                     

Rank:  Private

Discharge Date:  24/10/1919                     

Place:  Melbourne

MEDALS AND AWARDS

14/15 Star:  20367

British War Medal:  19761

Victory Medal:  19634

Other:   

BIRTH

Date or Year:  1892

Place:  Camberwell, Victoria                    

Father:  Ernest James SIMKIN                 

Mother:  Emma Matilda BROOKS

MARRIAGE

Year:  1916     

Place:  Bewsey, Wiltshire, England           

Spouse: Rose GREENWAY nee PECK

DEATH

Date or Year: 1940                                 

Place: ,           

Burial:  ,

SERVICE RECORD HIGHLIGHTS

Wounded in action 27/7/1916; gun shot wound, right leg & left thigh

Returned with wife and four children (wife was a widow when married)

MEMORIALS

Kew War Memorial

WORLD WAR 2 SERVICE

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