Eric Raymond SYMONS

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Service Numbers:	61005, V18440
Enlisted:	10 May 1918, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria
Last Rank:	Lance Sergeant
Last Unit:	5th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Bendigo, Victoria, Australia, 2 December 1899
Home Town:	Brunswick East, Moreland, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Telegraphist
Died:	Mount Beauty, Victoria, Australia, 17 November 1978, aged 78 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Portarlington Cemetery, Victoria Native Garden, Row B, Grave 01A. Headstone inscriptions reads: At peace together
Memorials:	Hawthorn Postmaster General's Department Victoria 1

10 May 1918:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 61005, 1st to 17th (VIC) Reinforcements, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria
31 Aug 1918:	Involvement Private, 61005, 1st to 17th (VIC) Reinforcements, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '20' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Barambah embarkation_ship_number: A37 public_note: ''
31 Aug 1918:	Embarked Private, 61005, 1st to 17th (VIC) Reinforcements, HMAT Barambah, Melbourne
11 Dec 1918:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 5th Infantry Battalion, From re-enforcements
12 Dec 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 61005, 5th Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 3rd Military District

14 Aug 1941:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Lance Sergeant, V18440

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Son of William Sampson Symons and Mary Emma Symons nee Manning of Burcett Street, Brunswick East, Victoria formerly of Bendigo, of Victoria

Brother of William John Symons, Albert Reginald Victor Symons and Srewart Roy Symons

Commenced return to Australian on 8 October 1919 aboard HT Devon disembarking on the 27 November 1919

Medal: British War Medal

During 1923c Eric married Mille Joynson in Victoria