SYMONDS, Charles Frederick
| Service Numbers: | Not yet discovered |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Lieutenant Commander |
| Last Unit: | Not yet discovered |
| Born: | Not yet discovered |
| Home Town: | Not yet discovered |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
| Died: | Died at sea, Coral Sea, 24 June 1944, age not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" |
| Memorials: | Kangaroo Point H.M.A.S. Moreton Honour Roll, Plymouth Naval Memorial to the Missing / Lost at Sea |
World War 2 Service
| 3 Sep 1939: | Involvement Lieutenant Commander |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
Husband of Sybil Bertha Symonds, of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.
HMAS MATAFELE LOST WITH. CREW
CANBERRA, Tuesday.—The loss of HMAS Matafele with 24 Australian officers and men and 13 native crew is announced by the Navy Department. Lieutenant-COmmander C. F. Symonds, RN, was in command of the ship.
The Matafale was commssioned in January 1943, as a stores carrier and was used mainly in New Guinea waters. She failed to report at her destination last July. A subsequent extensive sea and air search revealed no trace of the missing vessel.
Lieutenant-Commander Symonds, who joined the Royal Navy as a midshipman in 1914, was mentioned in dispatches for his rescue work at Darwin during the first Japanese air attack.