David Thomas SYMONS

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Service Number:	6384
Enlisted:	18 February 1916, Enlisted at Sydney, NSW
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	3rd Infantry Battalion
Born:	Waterloo, New South Wales, Australia, 1894
Home Town:	Zetland, City of Sydney, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Jeweller
Died:	New South Wales, Australia , 1984, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Not yet discovered
Memorials:	Municipality of Waterloo Roll of Service No 4

18 Feb 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 6384, 19th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Sydney, NSW
11 Nov 1916:	Involvement Private, 6384, 19th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '13' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Suevic embarkation_ship_number: A29 public_note: ''
11 Nov 1916:	Embarked Private, 6384, 19th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Suevic, Sydney
18 Sep 1917:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 6384, 19th Infantry Battalion, Wounds to both legs. Invalided to England on 25 September 1917
17 Jul 1918:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 6384, 19th Infantry Battalion, Second occasion. Wound to the back. Invalided to England on 10 August 1918
3 Dec 1918:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 3rd Infantry Battalion, In the field. From 19th Battalion
21 Aug 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 6384, 3rd Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 2nd Military District

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Son of Henry Symons and Florence M. Symons of Portland Street, Zetland, NSW

Commenced return to Australia on 31 May 1919 aboard HT Aeneas disembarking on the 13 August 1919 at Melbourne for onward travel to Sydney

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

During 1922c David married Alma A.V. Galloway in Redfern, NSW