George Thomas SYMONS

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Service Number:	1278
Enlisted:	23 February 1916, Enlisted at Leongatha, Victoria
Last Rank:	Lance Corporal
Last Unit:	37th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Korumburra, Victoria, Australia, 1894
Home Town:	Korumburra, South Gippsland, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Clerk
Died:	Wonthaggi, Victoria, Australia, 10 September 1968, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Wonthaggi Cemetery, Victoria Old Lawn, Row A, Grave 3 Commemorated with a plaque in the Victorian Garden of Remembrance
Memorials:

23 Feb 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 1278, 37th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Leongatha, Victoria
3 Jun 1916:	Involvement Lance Corporal, 1278, 37th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '17' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Persic embarkation_ship_number: A34 public_note: ''
3 Jun 1916:	Embarked Lance Corporal, 1278, 37th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Persic, Melbourne
24 Aug 1918:	Wounded AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 1278, 37th Infantry Battalion, Shell wound to the back. Invalided to England on
21 Mar 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 1278, 37th Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 3rd Military District as medically unfit

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Son of William Symons and Louisa Mary Symons nee Potts of Gordon Street, Korumburra, Victoria

Commenced return to Australia on 24 December 1918 aboard HT Takada disembarking on the 11 February 1919

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

During 1927c George married Laura Elizabeth Toy in Victoria