Richard Cornelius SYMONS

SYMONS, Richard Cornelius

    Service Number: 3951
    Enlisted: 9 July 1915, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria
    Last Rank: Private
    Last Unit: 7th Infantry Battalion
    Born: Tarnagulla, Victoria, Australia, 1878
    Home Town: North Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria
    Schooling: Not yet discovered
    Occupation: Labourer
    Died: East Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 1938, cause of death not yet discovered
    Cemetery: Fawkner Memorial Park Cemetery, Victoria
    Church of England area, Row L, Grave 1203. Interred on 18 November 1938
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    World War 1 Service

    9 Jul 1915: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3951, 7th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria
    23 Nov 1915: Involvement Private, 3951, 7th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '9' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ceramic embarkation_ship_number: A40 public_note: ''
    23 Nov 1915: Embarked Private, 3951, 7th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ceramic, Melbourne
    2 Nov 1916: Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 3951, 7th Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 3rd Military District as medically unfit due to hernia

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    Biography contributed by Carol Foster

    Son of William Symons and Hannah Symons nee Ball of Tarnagulla, NSW

    Husband of Ethel May Priscilla Symons nee Lobb of 33 Cobden Street, Melbourne North, Victoria but later separated. His two children were in the care of a guardian, Mrs Nickson of Richmond, Victoria

    Commenced return to Australia on 10 June 1916 aboard HT Itonus disembarking on the 12 July 1919

    Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal

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