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SYMONS, Stanley Houghton
| Service Number: | 5075 |
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| Enlisted: | 27 March 1916, Enlisted at Adelaide, SA |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 27th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Kooringa, Burra, South Austalia, 17 March 1888 |
| Home Town: | St Peters (SA), Norwood Payneham St Peters, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Baker |
| Died: | Adelaide, South Australia, 8 October 1955, aged 67 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
West Terrace Cemetery (AIF Section) Kendrew Oval, Area S1, Row 13, Grave 67. Interred on the 12 October 1955 number W25048 which expires on the 31 December 2032 |
| Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
| 27 Mar 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 5075, 27th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Adelaide, SA | |
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| 24 Jun 1916: | Embarked Private, 5075, 27th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Bulla, Adelaide | |
| 24 Jun 1916: | Involvement Private, 5075, 27th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '15' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Bulla embarkation_ship_number: A45 public_note: '' | |
| 13 Oct 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 32nd Infantry Battalion, From 27th Battalion | |
| 31 Jul 1917: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 27th Infantry Battalion, From the 32nd Battalion | |
| 20 Nov 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 5075, 27th Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 4th Military District | |
| Date unknown: | Wounded 5075, 27th Infantry Battalion |
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Son of William Symons and Jane Symons nee Ford of Kooringa, SA. Brother of Joseph Symons, Ethel Symons, Florence Symons, William Thomas Symons, Florence Symons (died early infancy), Edwin John Symons, Harold Ford Symons, Carry Symons, Francis Symons, Eleanor Symons and Arthur Symons
Husband of May Stella Symons nee Hart of Winchester Street, St. Peters, SA. Stanley and May were married on 26 July 1913 in the Methodist Manse, Pirie Street, Adelaide, SA. Father of Audrey Symons and Elsie Mavis
Commenced return to Australia on 22 August 1919 aboard HT Anchises disembarking on 5 October 1919
Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
His residential address at the time of his death was in Croydon
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