Charles SUMMONS

SUMMONS, Charles

    Service Number: 2910
    Enlisted: 29 July 1915, Enlisted at Liverpool, NSW
    Last Rank: Driver
    Last Unit: 4th Motor Transport Company
    Born: Wallerawang, New South Wales, Australia, 10 May 1894
    Home Town: Wallerawang, Lithgow, New South Wales
    Schooling: Lidsdale Public School, New South Wales, Australia
    Occupation: Motor Driver
    Died: Natural causes, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia , 11 June 1961, aged 67 years
    Cemetery: Not yet discovered
    Memorials: Wallerawang War Memorial
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    World War 1 Service

    29 Jul 1915: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2910, 13th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Liverpool, NSW
    30 Sep 1915: Involvement Private, 2910, 13th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '11' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Argyllshire embarkation_ship_number: A8 public_note: ''
    30 Sep 1915: Embarked Private, 2910, 13th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Argyllshire, Sydney
    3 Mar 1916: Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 45th Infantry Battalion , From 13th Battalion
    17 Mar 1916: Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 10th Field Artillery Brigade , From 45th Battalion
    16 Oct 1916: Promoted AIF WW1, Driver, 10th Field Artillery Brigade
    9 May 1917: Transferred AIF WW1, Driver, 4th Divisional Ammunition Column, From 10th Field Artillery Brigade
    15 Jul 1918: Transferred AIF WW1, Driver, 10th Field Artillery Brigade , From 4th Divisional Ammunition Column
    8 Jan 1919: Transferred AIF WW1, Driver, 4th Motor Transport Company, From 10th Field Artillery Brigade
    26 Nov 1919: Discharged AIF WW1, Driver, 2910, 4th Motor Transport Company, Discharged at the 2nd Military District

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    Biography contributed by Carol Foster

    Son of Everitt Valentice Summons and Kate Summons nee Whalan of 'Lidsdale',  Wallerawang, NSW. Brother of Arthur James Summons, John Richard Summons, Percy Charles Summons and Sydney E. Summons

    Commenced return to Australia on 3 September 1919 aboard HT Barambah disembarking on 26 October 1919

    Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal

    During 1923c Charles married Agnes B.C. Dyball in Lithgow, NSW

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