Joseph Arthur SYMONS

SYMONS, Joseph Arthur

Service Number: 2447
Enlisted: 5 March 1915, Enlisted at Liverpool, NSW
Last Rank: Private
Last Unit: 1st Divisional Signal Company
Born: Waterloo, New South Wales, Australia, 1888
Home Town: Bexley, Rockdale, New South Wales
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Wool Classer
Died: Canterbury, New South Wales, Australia, 10 June 1950, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery: Not yet discovered
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World War 1 Service

5 Mar 1915: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2447, 4th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Liverpool, NSW
14 Jul 1915: Involvement Private, 2447, 4th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '8' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Orsova embarkation_ship_number: A67 public_note: ''
14 Jul 1915: Embarked Private, 2447, 4th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Orsova, Sydney
23 Mar 1916: Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 1st Divisional Signal Company, From 4th Battalion
10 Aug 1918: Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 2447, 1st Divisional Signal Company, Wounds to the shoulder and right eye. Invalided to England on 15 August 1918
10 Aug 1919: Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 2447, 1st Divisional Signal Company, Discharged at the 2nd Military District as medically unfit as wounded (loss of right eye)

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Biography contributed by Carol Foster

Son of James Symons and Margaret Symons nee Brown of 'Kurnell', Dunmore Street, Bexley, NSW. Brother of Ernest Victory Symons, James Edwin Symons and Mabel L. Symons

Commenced return to Australia on 31 March 1919 aboard HS Wandilla disembarking on 4 April 1919

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal

During 1922c Joseph married Myrtle H.A. Eyre in Sydney, NSW