SYMONS, Frederick Claude
| Service Number: | 39869 |
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| Enlisted: | 23 August 1917, Enlisted at Perth, WA |
| Last Rank: | Gunner |
| Last Unit: | 11th Field Artillery Brigade |
| Born: | Cue, Western Australia, 1899 |
| Home Town: | Cunderdin, Cunderdin, Western Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Farmer |
| Died: | Como, Western Australia, 11 February 1983, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Karrakatta Cemetery & Crematorium, Western Australia Cremated and ashes scattered at cemetery |
| Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
| 23 Aug 1917: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Gunner, 39869, Artillery Details , Enlisted at Perth, WA | |
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| 8 May 1918: | Involvement Gunner, 39869, Field Artillery Brigades, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '4' embarkation_place: Albany embarkation_ship: SS Port Darwin embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: '' | |
| 8 May 1918: | Embarked Gunner, 39869, Field Artillery Brigades, SS Port Darwin, Albany | |
| 13 Nov 1918: | Transferred AIF WW1, Gunner, 11th Field Artillery Brigade , In the field | |
| 9 Dec 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Gunner, 39869, 11th Field Artillery Brigade , Discharged at the 5th Military District |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of Frederick John Norman Williams Symons and Eleanor Symons nee Underwood of Cunderdin, WA formerly of Cue, WA
Brother of Edward William Symons, Edna Jane Symons, Ethel Lillian Eleanor Symons, Mabel Maud Symons, Doris Margaret Symons, Arthur Edward Symons, Kenneth Walter Symons, Harold Underwood Symons, John Norman Symons and Rufus Donald Symons
During 1922c Frederick married Mariea E. Dorizzi in Perth, WA from whom he later divorced. During 1934c he remarried Helen M. Viles in Fremantle, WA
Commenced return to Australia on 6 October 1919 aboard HT Pakeha disembarking on the 11 November 1919
Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal