Service Number – 1776.
Rank – Sergeant.
Unit / Division – 28th Battalion.
Enlistment Date – 14 June 1915.
Address on Enlistment – Wittenoom Street, Bunbury, W. A.
Occupation on Enlistment – Engine Driver.
Next of Kin on Enlistment – Father- Jacob E. Simmers, Mother- Fanny Gertrude Simmers, both of Gladstone Road, Mt Albert, Auckland, New Zealand, then of Balmerston Road, Birkenhead, Auckland, New Zealand.
Religion – Church of England.
Embarkation Details – From Fremantle on 23 July 1915 on HMAT A64 “ Demosthenes “.
KIA / Mortally Wounded –
Date – 27 March 1917.
Place – Bapaume, Somme, France.
Age at Death – 24.
Burial Location / Commemoration Details – Aveluy Communal Cemetery Extension, Somme, France ( Row N, Grave No. 2 ).
Panel Number, Roll of Honour (Australian War Memorial) – 114.