Frederick SYMONS

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Service Number:	12002
Enlisted:	8 July 1915, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria
Last Rank:	Gunner
Last Unit:	2nd Field Artillery Brigade
Born:	Port Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 1887
Home Town:	South Melbourne, Port Phillip, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Stevedore
Died:	Castlemaine, Victoria, Australia, 1960, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Coburg Pine Ridge Cemetery, Victoria, Australia Interred on 21 April 1960. Church of England area, Row E, Grave 10
Memorials:

8 Jul 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Gunner, 12002, 1st Divisional Ammunition Column, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria
28 Jan 1916:	Involvement Gunner, 12002, 1st Divisional Ammunition Column, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '22' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Themistocles embarkation_ship_number: A32 public_note: ''
28 Jan 1916:	Embarked Gunner, 12002, 1st Divisional Ammunition Column, HMAT Themistocles, Melbourne
10 Mar 1916:	Transferred AIF WW1, Gunner, 2nd Field Artillery Brigade
21 Aug 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Gunner, 12002, 2nd Field Artillery Brigade , Discharged at the 3rd Military District

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Son of Thomas Symons and Mary Ann Symons nee McKechnie of Melbourne, Victoria

Husband of Elizabeth Symons nee Chapman of Emerald Street, Melbourne South, Victoria. Frederick and Elizabeth married during 1911c in Victoria

Commenced return to Australia on 12 May 1919 aboard HT Soudan disembarking on 29 June 1919

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal