SYMONDS, Arthur
| Service Number: | 5031 |
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| Enlisted: | 24 January 1916, Casula, NSW |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 19th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Parramatta, New South Wales, Australia, 1892 |
| Home Town: | Parramatta, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Public School, New South Wales, Australia |
| Occupation: | Tailor |
| Died: | Illness, United Kingdom, 2 September 1917 |
| Cemetery: |
Durrington Cemetery, Wiltshire Grave 254 |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 24 Jan 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 5031, 19th Infantry Battalion, Casula, NSW | |
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| 5 Jul 1916: | Involvement Private, 5031, 19th Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '13' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Ajana embarkation_ship_number: A31 public_note: '' | |
| 5 Jul 1916: | Embarked Private, 5031, 19th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ajana, Sydney |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
Son of Arthur & Elizabeth A. SYMONDS
Of Parramatta, NSW
Biography contributed by Cathy Sedgwick
The summary below was completed by Cathy Sedgwick – Facebook “WW1 Australian War Graves in England/UK/Scotland/Ireland”
Died on this date - 2nd September.......Arthur Symonds was born at Parramatta, Sydney, NSW in 1892.
He enlisted in the Australian Imperial Force (A.I.F.) on 24th January, 1916 as a 24 year old Tailor.
Private Symonds, Service number 5031, arrived in England for extra training on 1st September, 1916 then was sent to France & joined 19th Battalion at the front.
He was sent to Hospital on 29th December, 1916 with Trench feet & a frost bitten hand. He was invalided to England.
Private Arthur Symonds died at 5 am on 2nd September, 1917 at Fargo Military Hospital, Wiltshire from Acute Rheumatism.
He was buried in Durrington Cemetery, Wiltshire where 140 other Australian WW1 soldiers are buried.
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