Arno Edgar SYMONS

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Service Number:	340
Enlisted:	19 August 1914, Enlisted at Broadmeadows, Vitoria
Last Rank:	Second Lieutenant
Last Unit:	1st ANZAC Cyclist Battalion
Born:	Deniliquin, New South Wales, Australia, 1894
Home Town:	Bendigo, Greater Bendigo, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Clerk
Died:	Queensland, Australia, 28 October 1974, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Albany Creek Memorial Park-Cemetery & Crematorium, QLD Cremated. Section 9, Wall 3
Memorials:

19 Aug 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Corporal, 340, 4th Light Horse Regiment, Enlisted at Broadmeadows, Vitoria
19 Oct 1914:	Involvement Corporal, 340, 4th Light Horse Regiment, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '2' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Wiltshire embarkation_ship_number: A18 public_note: ''
19 Oct 1914:	Embarked Corporal, 340, 4th Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Wiltshire, Melbourne
20 Feb 1916:	Transferred AIF WW1, Corporal, 1st ANZAC Cyclist Battalion, From 4th Light Horse Regiment
13 May 1916:	Promoted AIF WW1, Company Sergeant Major, 1st ANZAC Cyclist Battalion, On 5 October 1916 he embarked for England to undertake an Officers Training Course
25 Jan 1917:	Promoted AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, 1st ANZAC Cyclist Battalion
6 May 1917:	Wounded AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, 1st ANZAC Cyclist Battalion, Slight wound to the face and transferred to England on 11 May 1917
24 Jan 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, 340, 1st ANZAC Cyclist Battalion, Discharged at the 2nd Military District

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Address at the time of enlistment was Inverness Avenue, Malvern, Victoria

Son of John Christopher Symons and Mary Symons nee Turnin of Deniliquin

Next of kin given as his step mother Colina Symons of Bull Street, Bendigo, Victoria

Husband of Mabel Symons nee Neeson. Father of Arno Christopher Symons who served in WW2

Returned to Australia on 23 November 1918 at Melbourne for onward travel to Sydney aboard Kasir-a-Hind

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