14/06/1915-To 28th Battalion 2nd Reinforcements as Private
12/10/1915-Joined Battalion in the field Anzac Gallipoli
5/11/1915-Admitted 3rd Field Ambulance Gallipoli ( Dysentry )
9/11/1915-Returned to Duty Gallipoli
10/01/1916-Disembarked Alexandria ex Mudros ex Gallipoli
21/03/1916-Disembarked Marseilles France ex Alexandria
27/05/1916-Admitted 6th Field Ambulance ( Knee Injury ) ex 2nd Division Rest Station
12/06/1916-Returned to Duty in the field France
13/08/1916-Appointed LANCE CORPORAL in the field France
15/10/1916-Appointed Temporary Corporal in the field Belgium
31/10/1916-Appointed CORPORAL in the field France
25/11/1916-Appointed TEMPORARY SERGEANT in the field France
3/02/1917-Promoted SERGEANT in the field France
26/03/1917-Wounded in Action France ( Gunshot Wounds Fractured Jaw Compound Fracture Femur ) ex 5 Aust Field Ambulance ex No. 3 Casualty Clearing Station
27/03/1917-DIED OF WOUNDS at 3rd Casualty Clearing Station from Wounds Received in Action
SIMMERS, Frank
Full Name: Frank
SIMMERS
Date of Birth: 06
–
1892
Place of birth: Auckland
New Zealand
Occupation: Engine Driver
Address: Bunbury WA
Next of Kin: Mother-Fanny Gertrude Simmers
Next of Kin Address: Gladstone Road Mt Albert Auckland NZ
Religion: Church of England
Service Number: 1776
Rank: Sergeant
Unit/Division: 28th Battalion
Enlistment Date: 1915-06-14
Enlistment Location: Blackboy Hill
WA
Embarkation Port:
Embarkation Date: 1915-07-22
Embarkation Ship:
Disembarkation Port:
Disembarkation Date: 1915-08-14
Locations Served:
Returned: No
Discharge Date:
Cause of Death: DOW
Date of Death:
Place of Death: France
Age at Death: 24
Burial Location: Aveluy Communal Cemetery Extension France- P1, RN, G2