Edward John SUMMONS

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Service Number:	1621
Enlisted:	8 August 1915, Enlisted at Richmond QLD
Last Rank:	Gunner
Last Unit:	14th Field Artillery Brigade
Born:	Tamworth, New South Wales, Australia, 1880
Home Town:	Richmond (Q), Richmond, Queensland
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Queensland, Australia, 5 January 1947, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Charters Towers Cemetery, Qld
Memorials:

8 Aug 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1621, 5th Light Horse Regiment, Enlisted at Richmond QLD
30 Nov 1915:	Involvement Private, 1621, 5th Light Horse Regiment, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '2' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Suffolk embarkation_ship_number: A23 public_note: ''
30 Nov 1915:	Embarked Private, 1621, 5th Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Suffolk, Sydney
27 Mar 1916:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 14th Field Artillery Brigade
3 May 1916:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 5th Divisional Ammunition Column
17 Sep 1917:	Transferred AIF WW1, Gunner, 14th Field Artillery Brigade
3 Nov 1917:	Wounded AIF WW1, Gunner, 1621, 14th Field Artillery Brigade , Gassed
24 Aug 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Gunner, 1621, 14th Field Artillery Brigade , Discharged at the 1st Military District as medically unfit

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Son of John Rose Summons and Mary Anne Summons nee Reardon of Tamworth, NSW

Next of kin given as his sister Susan McErlean of Richmond, QLD

Commenced return to Australia on 15 May 1919 aboard HT Orontes disembarking on 1 July 1919

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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