Alfred Ernest SYMONS

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Service Number:	1417
Enlisted:	14 November 1914, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria
Last Rank:	Lance Corporal
Last Unit:	5th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Croydon, England, 1874
Home Town:	Not yet discovered
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Tailor
Died:	Melbourne South, Victoria, Australia, 28 March 1927, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Not yet discovered
Memorials:

14 Nov 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1417, 5th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria
2 Feb 1915:	Involvement Private, 1417, 5th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '8' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Clan McGillivray embarkation_ship_number: A46 public_note: ''
2 Feb 1915:	Embarked Private, 1417, 5th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Clan McGillivray, Melbourne
13 Jun 1915:	Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 5th Infantry Battalion
24 Dec 1915:	Discharged AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 1417, 5th Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 3rd Military District as medically unfit due to a hernia

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Marital status given as widower

Next of kin given as his brother G.R. Symons 137 Victoria Street, Westminster, England

Served his tailor apprenticeship was with Harriss of Westham, Kent, England

Previously served with the Imperial Yeomanry in England and the Canadian Artillery in Canada

Commenced return to Australia 29 August 1915 aboard HT Euripides

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

In 1926 he was residing in Hambleton Street, Middle Park, Victoria