David Carnegie SYMERS

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Service Number:	970
Enlisted:	21 January 1916, Blackboy Hill, Western Australia
Last Rank:	Sapper
Last Unit:	1st to 5th Divisional Signal Companies
Born:	Albany, Western Australia, 1896
Home Town:	Albany, Albany, Western Australia
Schooling:	St Josephs Christian Bros College, Albany, Western Australia
Occupation:	Grocer's assistant
Died:	Killed in Action, France, 20 December 1917
Cemetery:	Cite Bonjean Military Cemetery, Armentieres Plot I, Row C, Grave No. 45
Memorials:	Albany & Districts Roll of Honor, Albany & Districts Roll of Honour, Albany St John's Anglican Church Great War Honour Roll, Albany St. Joseph's Honour Roll, Albany War Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Kings Park Western Australia State War Memorial

21 Jan 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 970, Blackboy Hill, Western Australia
6 Jun 1916:	Involvement Private, 970, 44th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '18' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Suevic embarkation_ship_number: A29 public_note: ''
6 Jun 1916:	Embarked Private, 970, 44th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Suevic, Fremantle
20 Dec 1917:	Involvement Sapper, 970, 1st to 5th Divisional Signal Companies, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 970 awm_unit: 3rd Australian Division Signals Company awm_rank: Sapper awm_died_date: 1917-12-20

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