Albert Victor SYMONS

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Service Number:	5843
Enlisted:	23 May 1916, Enlisted at Adelaide, SA
Last Rank:	Sapper
Last Unit:	3rd Tunnelling Company (inc. 6th Tunnelling Company)
Born:	Kadina, South Australia, 4 August 1889
Home Town:	Kadina, Copper Coast, South Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Miner
Died:	Mile End, South Australia, 3 March 1962, aged 72 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Centennial Park Cemetery, South Australia Ashes interred on the 18 December 1962. RSL Walls, Wall 134, Niche F0003 internment number 246536 which expires on 18 December 2022
Memorials:	Kadina Town Hall WW1 & WW2 Roll of Honour

23 May 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Sapper, 5843, Tunnelling Companies, Enlisted at Adelaide, SA
25 Oct 1916:	Involvement Sapper, 5843, 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, 5843, Tunnelling Companies, HMAT Ulysses, Melbourne
6 Feb 1917:	Transferred AIF WW1, Sapper, 3rd Tunnelling Company (inc. 6th Tunnelling Company), From Tunnelling Companies
1 Aug 1917:	Discharged AIF WW1, Sapper, 5843, 3rd Tunnelling Company (inc. 6th Tunnelling Company), Discharged at the 4th Military District

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Son of William Symons and Elizabeth Ann Symons nee Miners of 'Newtown', Kadina, SA

Brother of William Symons, Edith Symons, James Henry Symons, Richard Symons, Martha Mary Symons, Lilly Maud Symons, Sarah Ann Symons and Lilly Symons

Commenced return to Australia on 11 May 1919 aboard HT Borda disembarking on 23 June 1919

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

On the 29 November 1919 Albert married Emma Davey in the Mile End Baptist Church, SA

At the time of his death he was residing at Mile End, SA