Sapper Melville James Simmons

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PERSONAL INFORMATION

Name: Simmons, Melville James

Date of birth: 1889-03-10

Place of birth: Petrolia Ontario Canada

Next of kin: Mrs. Rhoda Simmons - wife 175 Christine St. Sarnia, Ontario

Marital status: married

Occupation (attested): mechanic

Occupation (normalized): Motor-Vehicle Mechanics, Specialisation Unknown

Address: Sarnia

Religion: Presbyterian

Date of death: 1918-04-06

Cause of death: Died of wounds

Buried: Roclincourt Military Cemetery, VI. B. 14.

Regimental number: 845299

Highest Rank: Sapper

Rank detail

Sapper (Army).

Degree of service: Europe

Survived war: no

Commemoration location: Sarnia, Ontario

Side view of Sarnia Cenotaph on Wellington Street

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CWGC ID: 526306

LAC ID: 229696

Attestation record(s): image 1, image 2

Service file: B8914-S029

Uploader's Notes: Wounded by a bomb dropped from an enemy plane

Uploader's Research notes: [Sapper Army Canadian Engineers 4th Canadian Divisional Engineers 11th Field Company ]

Date added: 2004-09-04

Last modified: 2012-05-21