Robert Henry SYMONS

SYMONS, Robert Henry

    Service Numbers: 3943, 3944
    Enlisted: 12 July 1915, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria
    Last Rank: Private
    Last Unit: 46th Infantry Battalion
    Born: Port Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 1886
    Home Town: South Melbourne, Port Phillip, Victoria
    Schooling: Not yet discovered
    Occupation: Labourer
    Died: Bacchus Marsh, Victoria, Australia, 10 July 1962, cause of death not yet discovered
    Cemetery: Altona Memorial Park, Victoria
    Individual Position, Grave 515. Interred on the 12 July 1962
    Memorials: South Melbourne Great War Roll of Honor
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    World War 1 Service

    12 Jul 1915: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3943, 8th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria
    23 Nov 1915: Involvement Private, 3943, 8th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '9' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Ceramic embarkation_ship_number: A40 public_note: ''
    23 Nov 1915: Embarked Private, 3943, 8th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ceramic, Adelaide
    30 Jun 1916: Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 3944, 8th Infantry Battalion, Gunshot wound to the right hand. Embarked HS Cambria at Boulogne on 2 July 1916 for England
    30 Oct 1916: Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 46th Infantry Battalion, From wounding
    27 Nov 1917: Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 3944, 46th Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 3rd Military District as medically unfit due to bronchitis

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    Biography contributed by Carol Foster

    Son of Thomas Symons and Mary Anne Symons nee McKechnie of Melbourne, Victoria

    Husband of Alice Annie Symons Clark of Thistlewaite Street, Melbourne South, Victoria. Robert and Alice were married during 1913c in Victoria. Father of Charles Henry Symons

    Commenced return to Australia 22 July 1917 aboard HT Nestor disembarking 24 September 1917

    Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal

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