Joseph Frederick SYMONS

SYMONS, Joseph Frederick

Service Number: 1800
Enlisted: 27 January 1915, Enlisted at Liverpool, NSW
Last Rank: Sergeant
Last Unit: Anzac Provost Corps
Born: Alexandria, New South Wales, Australia, 1895
Home Town: Carlton, Kogarah, New South Wales
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Clerk
Died: New South Wales, Australia , 20 July 1978, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery: Woronora Memorial Park, Sutherland, New South Wales
Anglican area 2B, Grave 0130
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World War 1 Service

27 Jan 1915: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1800, 13th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Liverpool, NSW
17 Mar 1915: Involvement Private, 1800, 13th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '11' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Shropshire embarkation_ship_number: A9 public_note: ''
17 Mar 1915: Embarked Private, 1800, 13th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Shropshire, Sydney
1 Jan 1917: Transferred AIF WW1, Private, Anzac Provost Corps , From the 13th Battalion
1 Jun 1917: Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, Anzac Provost Corps , At Tidsworth, England
24 Oct 1918: Promoted AIF WW1, Sergeant, Anzac Provost Corps , Had been Acting Sergeant for over a year

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Biography contributed by Carol Foster

Son of Joseph Wesley Symons and Emma Symons of 'Rienzi, Carlton Parade, Carlton, NSW

Husband of Gertrude Eve Symons nee Wingfield. Joseph and Gertrude were married 7 January 1919 in the Christchurch Parish Church, Watford, England. Vicar Frank G. Hunt officiated

Returned to Australia on 22 June 1920 aboard HT Bahia Castella

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal