Harold Otto SYMONS

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Service Numbers:	3016, W18749
Enlisted:	4 September 1914, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria
Last Rank:	Sergeant
Last Unit:	15th Field Artillery Brigade
Born:	Camberwell, Victoria, Australia, 31 August 1888
Home Town:	Malvern East, Stonnington, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Farmer
Died:	Perth, Western Australia, 28 May 1953, aged 64 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Karrakatta Cemetery & Crematorium, Western Australia Crematorium Gardens, Section D, Family Shrub 012
Memorials:

4 Sep 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Gunner, 3016, Divisional Ammunition Column, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria
20 Oct 1914:	Involvement Gunner, 3016, Divisional Ammunition Column, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '22' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Geelong embarkation_ship_number: A2 public_note: ''
20 Oct 1914:	Embarked Gunner, 3016, Divisional Ammunition Column, HMAT Geelong, Melbourne
2 May 1917:	Transferred AIF WW1, Gunner, 15th Field Artillery Brigade , From the Divisional Ammunition Column
14 Dec 1917:	Discharged AIF WW1, Gunner, 3016, 15th Field Artillery Brigade , Discharged at the 3rd Military District as medically unfit due to urethral stricture

31 Dec 1941:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Sergeant, W18749

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Son of Thomas John Symons and Mary Ann Isabella Symons nee Dunlop of Central Park Road, Malvern East, Victoria

Husband of Annie Hilda Symons of 57 Floyd Road, Charlton, London, England. Father of Ivy Nellie Symons

Commenced return to Australia on 27 July 1917 aboard HT Demosthenes disembarking on 24 September 1917

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