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SYMONS, Richard
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 4520 |
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| Enlisted: | 14 January 1916, Enlisted at Charters Towers, QLD |
| Last Rank: | Lance Sergeant |
| Last Unit: | 26th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Ravenswood, Queensland, Australia, 14 November 1886 |
| Home Town: | Charters Towers, Charters Towers, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Miner |
| Died: | Queensland, Australia, 11 May 1966, aged 79 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Mount Thompson Memorial Gardens & Crematorium, Queensland |
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Service History
World War 1 Service
| 14 Jan 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 4520, 26th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Charters Towers, QLD | |
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| 30 Mar 1916: | Involvement Private, 4520, 26th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '15' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Star of Victoria embarkation_ship_number: A16 public_note: '' | |
| 30 Mar 1916: | Embarked Private, 4520, 26th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Star of Victoria, Brisbane | |
| 10 Jul 1917: | Promoted AIF WW1, Corporal, 26th Infantry Battalion, In France | |
| 21 Jul 1917: | Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Sergeant, 26th Infantry Battalion, In France | |
| 20 Sep 1917: | Wounded AIF WW1, Lance Sergeant, 4520, 26th Infantry Battalion, Head and back (severe and penetrated the abdomen). Invalided to England on 5 October 1917 aboard HS Warilda | |
| 4 Apr 1918: | Discharged AIF WW1, Lance Sergeant, 4520, 26th Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 1st Military District as medically unfit due to wounding and defective vision |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of Nicholas Symons and Catherine Every Sinnett Symons nee Wellington of Keeleys Road, Charters Towers, QLD
Commenced return to Australia on 16 December 1017 disembarking on the 13 February 1919
Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
Richard married Annie Jane Campbell on 3 August 1925 in QLD