James Edwin SYMONS

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Service Number:	388
Enlisted:	6 April 1915, Enlisted at Liverpool, NSW
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	1st Divisional Signal Company
Born:	Waterloo, New South Wales, Australia, 1890
Home Town:	Bexley, Rockdale, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Bootmaker
Died:	New South Wales, Australia , 16 July 1945, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Woronora Memorial Park, Sutherland, New South Wales Methodist area 3, Grave 0160
Memorials:

6 Apr 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 388, 17th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Liverpool, NSW
12 May 1915:	Involvement Private, 388, 17th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '12' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Themistocles embarkation_ship_number: A32 public_note: ''
12 May 1915:	Embarked Private, 388, 17th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Themistocles, Sydney
4 Oct 1916:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 1st Divisional Signal Company, From 17th Battalion
5 Jan 1918:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 388, 1st Divisional Signal Company, Gassed.
25 Mar 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 388, 1st Divisional Signal Company, Discharged at the 2nd Military District medically unfit due to chronic bronchitis

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Son of James Symons and Margaret Symons of Dunmore Street, Bexley, NSW formerly of Waterloo, NSW

Commenced return to Australia 8 November 1918 aboard HT Gaika disembarking on 29 December 1918

Medals: 914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal