Philip Warbuton SYMONDS

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SYMONDS, Philip Warbuton

Service Numbers:	1995, S70727
Enlisted:	1 March 1916, Adelaide, South Australia
Last Rank:	Lieutenant
Last Unit:	5th (SA) Battalion Volunteer Defence Corps (VDC)
Born:	Ballarat, Victoria, 25 September 1892
Home Town:	Merghiny, Ceduna, South Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Port Lincoln, SA, 17 September 1972, aged 79 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Happy Valley Cemetery, Port Lincoln General Cemetery
Memorials:	Ceduna Merghiny Maltee & Waranda Pictorial Roll of Honor, Ceduna Murat Bay and District WW1 Honor Roll

World War 1 Service

1 Mar 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1995, Adelaide, South Australia
13 Jul 1916:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 1995, 48th Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '19' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Seang Bee embarkation_ship_number: A48 public_note: ''
13 Jul 1916:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 1995, 48th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Seang Bee, Adelaide
11 Apr 1917:	Imprisoned Bullecourt (First)
11 Apr 1917:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 1995, 48th Infantry Battalion, Bullecourt (First)
17 Aug 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 1995, 48th Infantry Battalion

World War 2 Service

5 May 1942:	Enlisted S70727, Volunteer Defence Corps (SA), Wudinna, South Australia
6 May 1942:	Involvement S70727, Volunteer Defence Corps (SA), Homeland Defence - Militia and non deployed forces
15 Apr 1943:	Discharged Lieutenant, S70727, 5th (SA) Battalion Volunteer Defence Corps (VDC)

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Biography contributed by John Edwards

"...1995 Pte Philip Warburton Symonds, 48th Battalion, from Merghiny, South Australia... enlisted at the age of 23 on 1 March 1916 and embarked for overseas on 13 July 1916 aboard HMAT Seang Bee. He was wounded and captured at Bullecourt, France on 11 April 1917 and subsequently had his left leg amputated. He was held in German POW camps until he was repatriated to Holland on 2 January 1918. He arrived in England on 8 January 1918 and received further surgery. Pte Symonds arrived back in Australia on 29 January 1919..." - SOURCE (www.awm.gov.au)

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