SYMES, Arthur Edward
| Service Number: | 1001 |
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| Enlisted: | 24 August 1914, Enlisted at Bendigo |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 7th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Bendigo, Victoria, Australia, 1890 |
| Home Town: | Bendigo, Greater Bendigo, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Bendigo Central School, Bendigo, Victoria, Australia |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Wounds, At sea on board HSNZ Maheno, Greece, 4 September 1915 |
| Cemetery: |
East Mudros Military Cemetery Plot 11, Row K, Grave 200 Rev. Raymond officiated, East Mudros Military Cemetery, Mudros, Lemnos, Aegean Islands, Greece |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Bendigo Central School Honor Roll, Bendigo Great War Roll of Honor, North Bendigo State School No 1267 Honour Roll |
World War 1 Service
| 24 Aug 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1001, Enlisted at Bendigo | |
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| 19 Oct 1914: | Involvement Private, 1001, 7th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '9' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Hororata embarkation_ship_number: A20 public_note: '' | |
| 19 Oct 1914: | Embarked Private, 1001, 7th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Hororata, Melbourne | |
| 25 Apr 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 1001, 7th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli | |
| 8 May 1915: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 1001, ANZAC / Gallipoli, Bullet wound to the arm | |
| 1 Sep 1915: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 1001, ANZAC / Gallipoli, Wounded at the Dardenelles. Arm blown off at the shoulder plus shrapnel wounds to the back and knee |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of John and Jane Symes of 98 Backwell Street, Bendigo
Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Was apprenticed to baker J.T. Hayes of Bendigo
Biography contributed by Robert Wight
Pte 1001 Arthur Edward Symes died of wounds sustained at Lone Pine on 1 September 1915 (GSW arm, back & leg, arm amputated). He died on board HSNZ Maheno on 4 September 1915 en route to Lemnos and was buried at the East Mudros Military Cemetery, Greece.
Commemorated in White Hills Cemetery, Victoria. Headstone reads: 'Anzac Hero He rose responsive to his country's call/He gave his life, his best, his all'.
Parents: John (d. 21 April 1914, aged 79; bu. White Hills Cemetery) and Jane SYMES (d. 30 May 1934, aged 70; bu. White Hills Cemetery).
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