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SYMONS, William Davis
Personal Details
Service Numbers: | 5735 , 5735 |
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Enlisted: | 13 March 1916, Enlisted at Leongatha, Victoria |
Last Rank: | Private |
Last Unit: | 14th Infantry Battalion |
Born: | Clunes, Victoria, Australia, 1879 |
Home Town: | Leongatha, South Gippsland, Victoria |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Farmer |
Died: | Parkville, Victoria, Australia, 7 September 1952, cause of death not yet discovered |
Cemetery: |
Springvale Botanical Cemetery, Melbourne Cremation service held on10 September 1952. Interred in the Melaleuca area, Garden M4, Bed 4, Rose 32 Commemorated with a plaque in the Victoria Garden of Remembrance |
Memorials: |
Service History
World War 1 Service
13 Mar 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 5735 , 14th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Leongatha, Victoria | |
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4 May 1916: | Involvement Private, 5735, 14th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '11' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Port Lincoln embarkation_ship_number: A17 public_note: '' | |
4 May 1916: | Embarked Private, 5735, 14th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Port Lincoln, Melbourne | |
28 Apr 1917: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 66th Infantry Battalion, From the 14th Battalion | |
21 Aug 1917: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 14th Infantry Battalion | |
27 Apr 1918: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 5735, 14th Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 3rd Military District as medically unfit due to chronic rheumatism |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of Davis Symons and Laura Symons nee Owen of Hopewell Farm, Leongatha, Victoria
Commenced return to Australia on 19 October 1917 aboard HT Port Lyttleton disembarking on the 15 December 1917
Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal