William Davis SYMONS

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Service Numbers:	5735 , 5735
Enlisted:	13 March 1916, Enlisted at Leongatha, Victoria
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	14th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Clunes, Victoria, Australia, 1879
Home Town:	Leongatha, South Gippsland, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Farmer
Died:	Parkville, Victoria, Australia, 7 September 1952, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Springvale Botanical Cemetery, Melbourne Cremation service held on10 September 1952. Interred in the Melaleuca area, Garden M4, Bed 4, Rose 32 Commemorated with a plaque in the Victoria Garden of Remembrance
Memorials:

13 Mar 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 5735 , 14th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Leongatha, Victoria
4 May 1916:	Involvement Private, 5735, 14th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '11' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Port Lincoln embarkation_ship_number: A17 public_note: ''
4 May 1916:	Embarked Private, 5735, 14th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Port Lincoln, Melbourne
28 Apr 1917:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 66th Infantry Battalion, From the 14th Battalion
21 Aug 1917:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 14th Infantry Battalion
27 Apr 1918:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 5735, 14th Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 3rd Military District as medically unfit due to chronic rheumatism

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Son of Davis Symons and Laura Symons nee Owen of Hopewell Farm, Leongatha, Victoria

Commenced return to Australia on 19 October 1917 aboard HT Port Lyttleton disembarking on the 15 December 1917

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal