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SYMONS, Albert Reginald Victor
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 123 |
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| Enlisted: | 3 March 1916, Enlisted at Brunswick |
| Last Rank: | Company Quartermaster Sergeant |
| Last Unit: | 10th Machine Gun Company |
| Born: | Bendigo, Victoria, Australia, 1892 |
| Home Town: | Brunswick, Moreland, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Potter |
| Died: | Mont Park, Victoria, Australia, 2 April 1984, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Fawkner Memorial Park Cemetery, Victoria Cremated 3 April 1984. Interred in the H C Curwen section, Walker Gardens Wall Niches, Wall 7, Niche 20 |
| Memorials: | Lockwood North State School No 744 Honor Roll |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 3 Mar 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Corporal, 123, 10th Machine Gun Company, Enlisted at Brunswick | |
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| 27 May 1916: | Embarked Corporal, 123, 10th Machine Gun Company, HMAT Ascanius, Melbourne | |
| 27 May 1916: | Involvement Corporal, 123, 10th Machine Gun Company, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '21' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ascanius embarkation_ship_number: A11 public_note: '' | |
| 19 Jul 1916: | Promoted AIF WW1, Sergeant, 10th Machine Gun Company, In England | |
| 28 Feb 1917: | Wounded AIF WW1, Sergeant, 123, 10th Machine Gun Company, Remained on duty | |
| 19 Oct 1917: | Promoted AIF WW1, Company Quartermaster Sergeant, 10th Machine Gun Company, In England | |
| 14 Mar 1918: | Discharged AIF WW1, Company Quartermaster Sergeant, 123, 10th Machine Gun Company, Discharged at the 3rd Military District as medically unfit due to synovitis in both knees |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of William Sampson Symons and Mary Emma Symons nee Manning of 8 Burchett Street, Brunswick, Victoria
Commenced return to Australia on 21 December 1917 aboard HT Persic disembarking on 12 February 1918
Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
During 1922c Albert married Ruby Gladys Jenkins in Victoria