SYMONS, Emanuel
| Service Number: | 2371 |
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| Enlisted: | 15 July 1915, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 22nd Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Richmond, Victoria, Australia, August 1891 |
| Home Town: | Mildura, Mildura Shire, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Yarra Park State School, Victoria, Australia |
| Occupation: | Farmer |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Broodseinde Ridge, Belgium, 4 October 1917 |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres, Flanders, Belgium |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Menin Gate Memorial (Commonwealth Memorial to the Missing of the Ypres Salient), Mildura Cenotaph, Victorian Jewish War Memorial |
World War 1 Service
| 15 Jul 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2371, 22nd Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria | |
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| 29 Sep 1915: | Involvement Private, 2371, 22nd Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '14' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: RMS Osterley embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: '' | |
| 29 Sep 1915: | Embarked Private, 2371, 22nd Infantry Battalion, RMS Osterley, Melbourne | |
| 5 Aug 1916: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 2371, 22nd Infantry Battalion, Multiple wounds to the back shoulder and buttocks |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Address at the time of enlistment was Deakin Avenue, Mildura
Son of Israel Symons and Hannah Symons nee Solomons of Egan Street, Richmond, Victoria later of Bailey Crescent, St Kilda, Victoria
Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medals, Victory Medal
Biography contributed by Evan Evans
From How We Served
The private commemoration for; - 2371 Private Emanuel Symons of Richmond and Mildura who at the time of his enlistment for War Service on the 15th of July 1915 had been engaged in farming.
Emanuel was accepted for service and was allocated to reinforcements for the 22nd Battalion, 1st AIF, after which he was embarked for Egypt and further training, departing Australia on the 29th of September.
With the end of the Dardanelles campaign and the return to Egypt from Gallipoli of his Battalion, Emanuel was formally taken on strength on the 8th of January 1916 whilst his Unit was encamped at Tel-El-Kebir. Now with his Battalion, Emanuel was shipped to France where they were disembarked on the 26th of March, and within weeks of their arrival were committed to the trenches of Northern France.
Emanuel was wounded in action on the 8th of August in the vicinity of Pozieres, suffering gunshot wounds to his back, shoulder and left buttocks. Evacuated from France for hospitalization in England, Emanuel was admitted into the Northern General Hospital, Leicester, and following his recovery from his multiple wounds, he was then admitted into convalescence at Perham Downs on the 2nd of October.
After enjoying a brief respite of Furlough, Emanuel was deemed fit enough to be returned to the trenches and was embarked for his return to Northern France on the 31st of December 1916.
Following his arrival, Emanuel was sent to the ‘Bull Ring’ at Etaples, for further training before being returned to his Battalion in the field on the 9th of January 1917. Back with his Unit, Emanuel’s service would be continuous, and he was to be with his Battalion when it was committed to the Third Battle of Ypres.
Whilst with his Battalion during the fighting around Zillebeke, Emanuel was cited as being Killed in Action on the 4th of October 1917. Emanuel was aged 25 at the time of his death.
Initially Emanuel’s remains were located, and following this his name was added to a memorial cross situated at Perth China Wall Military Cemetery, close to where he had been killed.
Following the end of the War, and with Emanuel’s remains not able to be located, he was instead officially commemorated at the Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres, Flanders, Belgium.
Back home in Australia, the supreme sacrifice made by Emanuel during the ‘Great War’ would be privately commemorated by his grieving relatives at the Symons family’s burial site within Fawkner Memorial Park Cemetery, Fawkner, Victoria
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