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SYMONS, William
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 5630 |
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| Enlisted: | 1 May 1916, Enlisted at Townsville, QLD |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 2nd Tunnelling Company (inc. 5th Tunnelling Company) |
| Born: | Truro, England, 1873 |
| Home Town: | Cairns, Cairns, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Miner |
| Died: | Queensland, Australia, 8 September 1929, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Gordonvale Cemetery, Qld |
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Service History
World War 1 Service
| 1 May 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Sapper, 5630, Tunnelling Companies, Enlisted at Townsville, QLD | |
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| 25 Oct 1916: | Involvement Sapper, 5630, Tunnelling Companies, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '6' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ulysses embarkation_ship_number: A38 public_note: '' | |
| 25 Oct 1916: | Embarked Sapper, 5630, Tunnelling Companies, HMAT Ulysses, Melbourne | |
| 2 Mar 1917: | Transferred AIF WW1, Sapper, 2nd Tunnelling Company (inc. 5th Tunnelling Company), From Tunnelling Company, in the field | |
| 6 Jun 1917: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 5630, 2nd Tunnelling Company (inc. 5th Tunnelling Company), Severe gunshot wounds to both arms an back. Invalided to England on 11 June 1917 | |
| 6 Feb 1918: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 5630, 2nd Tunnelling Company (inc. 5th Tunnelling Company), Discharged at the 1st Military District as medically unfit due to heart issues and senility | |
| Date unknown: | Involvement Sapper, 5630, Tunnelling Companies, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '6' embarkation_place: '' embarkation_ship: '' embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: '' | |
| Date unknown: | Embarked Sapper, 5630, Tunnelling Companies |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Husband of Ellen (Nellie) Symons nee O'Sullivan of Sheridan Street, Cairns, QLD. Father of William Cecil Symons and Mildred Eileen Symons. William and Ellen married in QLD on 22 June 1901
Commenced return to Australia on 5 November 1917 aboard HT Themistocles disembarking on the 3 January 1918 at Sydney then travelled overland for three weeks to reach Brisbane
Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal