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SYMONS, Stanley Richard
Service Number: | 4191 |
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Enlisted: | 20 August 1915, Enlisted at Adelaide, SA |
Last Rank: | Gunner |
Last Unit: | 11th Field Artillery Brigade |
Born: | Laura, South Australia, 26 February 1892 |
Home Town: | Laura, Northern Areas, South Australia |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Sadler |
Died: | South Australia, 31 October 1989, aged 97 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
Cemetery: |
Crystal Brook Cemetery, South Australia Headstone inscription reads: In God's care Interred on the 2 November 1989, Grave 136D Commemorated with a plaque in the SA Garden of Remembrance |
Memorials: | Laura District Honour Roll, Laura Methodist Church Roll of Honour, Laura Public School Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
20 Aug 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 4191, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), Enlisted at Adelaide, SA | |
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11 Jan 1916: | Involvement Private, 4191, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '12' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Borda embarkation_ship_number: A30 public_note: '' | |
11 Jan 1916: | Embarked Private, 4191, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), HMAT Borda, Adelaide | |
9 Mar 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Trooper, 48th Infantry Battalion, From 16th Battalion | |
17 Mar 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 24th Field Artillery (Howitzer) Brigade, From 48th Battalion | |
23 May 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 4th Divisional Ammunition Column, From 24th Howitzer Brigade | |
20 Aug 1918: | Transferred AIF WW1, Gunner, 11th Field Artillery Brigade , From 4th Divisional Column | |
11 Nov 1918: | Involvement Gunner, 4191 | |
29 Jul 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Gunner, 4191, 11th Field Artillery Brigade , Discharged at the 4th Military District |
World War 2 Service
24 Apr 1942: | Enlisted Crystal Brook, SA |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of William Symons and Mary Ann Martin of Laura, SA. Brother of Susan Jane Symons, Eliza May Symons, Florence May Symons, Edgar William Symons and Edith Mary Symons
Commenced return to Australia on 1 May 1919 aboard HT China disembarking on 6 June 1919
Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
On 23 November 1927 Stanley married Vera Jane Clinton in at the residence of Vera's parents at Clare,SA. Father of Robert Brian Symons and Peter Symons