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SYMONS, Joseph Arthur
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 2447 |
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| 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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Service History
World War 1 Service
| 5 Mar 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2447, 4th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Liverpool, NSW | |
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| 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) |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography 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