Albert Edward SYMONS

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Service Number:	31091
Enlisted:	18 September 1916, Enlisted at Sydney, NSW
Last Rank:	Lieutenant
Last Unit:	13th Field Artillery Brigade
Born:	Waterloo, New South Wales, Australia, 1891
Home Town:	Haberfield, City of Sydney, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Assistant Secretary
Died:	New South Wales, Australia , 1974, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Not yet discovered
Memorials:

18 Sep 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Gunner, 1st Field Artillery Brigade, Enlisted at Sydney, NSW
19 Dec 1916:	Involvement Gunner, 31091, 1st Field Artillery Brigade, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '3' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: RMS Orontes embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: ''
19 Dec 1916:	Embarked Gunner, 31091, 1st Field Artillery Brigade, RMS Orontes, Sydney
11 Nov 1917:	Transferred AIF WW1, Gunner, 5th Divisional Ammunition Column
5 Jan 1919:	Promoted AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, Allotted to Artillery re-enforcements and proceeded to France
26 Jan 1919:	Transferred AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, 13th Field Artillery Brigade, From 5th Divisional Ammunition Column
5 Apr 1919:	Promoted AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 13th Field Artillery Brigade
19 Oct 1920:	Discharged AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 13th Field Artillery Brigade, Discharged at the 2nd Military District

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Son of William Symons and Elizabeth Symons of Waterloo, NSW

Husband of Myrtle Brooker Symons nee Waker of 23 Sloane Street, Haberfield, NSW. Albert and Myrtle married during 1916c in Ashfield, NSW

Commenced return to Australia on 8 July 1919 aboard SS Frieduchsruh disembarked on the 4 September 1919

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal