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Private Bruce Howard Simmons

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Given name
B H
Family name
Simmons
Gender
Male
Service number
NX111705
Conflicts
Second World War, 1939–45
Fate date
16 May 1943
Additional information
Last held rank
Private
Unit at embarkation
6th Australian Machine Gun Battalion
Service
Australian Army
Veteran Notes/Bio

Born 2 September 1922 in Neutral Bay, Sydney NSW.
Address and Next of kin address, Mosman NSW.
Enlisted 22 July 1942.
Accidently drowned when rescuing the crew of 62 Americans at Bass Point, Shell Cove NSW, from the vessel 'Cities Service Boston'.
Posthumously awarded the American Soldiers Medal.

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