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SYMINGTON, Percy
Personal Details
| Service Numbers: | 6310, 35851 |
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| Enlisted: | 26 February 1917, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria. Field Artillery Re-enforcements |
| Last Rank: | Gunner |
| Last Unit: | 2nd Divisional Ammunition Column |
| Born: | Portland, Victoria, Australia, 1892 |
| Home Town: | Portland, Glenelg, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Grocer |
| Died: | Ferntree Gully, Victoria, Australia, 1961, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
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Service History
World War 1 Service
| 26 Feb 1917: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Gunner, 6310, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria. Field Artillery Re-enforcements | |
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| 9 Nov 1917: | Involvement Gunner, 35851, Field Artillery Brigades, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '4' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Port Sydney embarkation_ship_number: A15 public_note: '' | |
| 9 Nov 1917: | Embarked Gunner, 35851, Field Artillery Brigades, HMAT Port Sydney, Melbourne | |
| 16 Aug 1918: | Transferred AIF WW1, Gunner, 2nd Divisional Ammunition Column, In France | |
| 17 Sep 1918: | Wounded AIF WW1, Gunner, 35851, 2nd Divisional Ammunition Column, Wound to the head | |
| 10 Sep 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Gunner, 35851, 2nd Divisional Ammunition Column, Discharged at the 3rd Military District |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of Thomas Marshall Syminton and Margaret Symington nee Martin of Portland, Victoria
Commenced return to Australia on 4 July 1919 aboard HT Norman disembarking on 18 August 1919
Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
During 1929c Percy married Isabella Mary Montgomery in Victoria