Richard Roy SYMONDS

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Service Number:	570
Enlisted:	1 February 1916
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	43rd Infantry Battalion
Born:	Ballarat, Victoria, Australia , 23 March 1897
Home Town:	Merghiny, Ceduna, South Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Farm labourer
Died:	Killed in Action, Belgium, 31 July 1917, aged 20 years
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres, Flanders, Belgium
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ceduna Merghiny Maltee & Waranda Pictorial Roll of Honor, Ceduna Murat Bay and District WW1 Honor Roll, The South Australian National War Memorial, The South Australian National War Memorial, Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial

1 Feb 1916:	Enlisted
9 Jun 1916:	Involvement Private, 570, 43rd Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '18' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Afric embarkation_ship_number: A19 public_note: ''
9 Jun 1916:	Embarked Private, 570, 43rd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Afric, Adelaide

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