George Harold SYMONS

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Service Number:	6659
Enlisted:	9 November 1916, Enlisted at Adelaide, SA
Last Rank:	Lance Corporal
Last Unit:	27th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Willpoorina Station, Farina, South Australia, 19 April 1890
Home Town:	Leigh Creek, South Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Station Hand
Died:	Royal Adelaide Hospital, South Australia, 27 September 1969, aged 79 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Quorn Cemetery, SA Interred on the 30 September 1969
Memorials:	Copley Leigh Creek District Honour Roll, Farina War Memorial

9 Nov 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 6659, 27th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Adelaide, SA
24 Jan 1917:	Involvement Private, 6659, 27th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '15' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Miltiades embarkation_ship_number: A28 public_note: ''
24 Jan 1917:	Embarked Private, 6659, 27th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Miltiades, Adelaide
20 Jun 1918:	Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 27th Infantry Battalion
8 Aug 1918:	Wounded AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 6659, 27th Infantry Battalion, Wounds to the left shoulder and thorax. Evacuated to England on 17 August 1918
11 Nov 1918:	Involvement Lance Corporal, 6659, 27th Infantry Battalion
13 Nov 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 6659, 27th Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 4th Military District
Date unknown:	Wounded 6659, 27th Infantry Battalion

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Son of George Thomas Symons and Mary Ann Symons nee Julian of Leigh Creek, SA.

Commenced return to Australia on 1 August 1919 aboard HT Argyllshire disembarking on 18 September 1919

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

On 14 September 1933 George married Elsie Winifred Parson in the Quorn Methodist Church. Father of Malvyn John Symons and Elizabeth Judith Symons

Residential address at the timme of his death was Quorn, SA

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