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SYMES, Harold William (William Harold Paul)
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 2948 |
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| Enlisted: | 2 March 1916, Enlisted at Orroroo, SA |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 3rd Light Horse Regiment |
| Born: | Jamestown, South Australia, 25 September 1891 |
| Home Town: | Orroroo, Orroroo/Carrieton, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Butcher |
| Died: | Orroroo, South Australia, 20 September 1941, aged 49 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Orroroo Cemetery, S.A. Recorded as Harold William Symes Site 590. Rev C.R. Hawke officiated |
| Memorials: | Orroroo District Roll of Honour WW1 |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 2 Mar 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2948, 3rd Light Horse Regiment, Enlisted at Orroroo, SA | |
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| 24 Aug 1916: | Involvement Private, 2948, 3rd Light Horse Regiment, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '1' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: RMS Mooltan embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: '' | |
| 24 Aug 1916: | Embarked Private, 2948, 3rd Light Horse Regiment, RMS Mooltan, Adelaide | |
| 11 Nov 1918: | Involvement Private, 2948 | |
| 20 Jun 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 2948, 3rd Light Horse Regiment, Discharged at the 4th Military District |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Birth name given as William Harold Paul Symes Book/Page 488/250
Son of William Andrew Symes and Martha Jane (nee Burford) Symes; brother of Daisy Myrtle Symes, Elsie Florence May Symes, Gordon William Leslie Symes, Doris Susan Elizabeth Symes, Bertram George Burford Symes, Reginald Bernard Burford Symes and Mabel Vaughan Symes
Husband of Emily Beatrice (nee Gray) Symes. Harold and Emily were married at the residence of A.D. Gray at Orroroo on 6 July 1916
5 March 1919 - returned to Australia on board Port Sydney
Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal