SYMONDS, Arthur
| Service Number: | 3410 |
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| Enlisted: | 15 January 1916 |
| Last Rank: | Lance Corporal |
| Last Unit: | 31st Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Charters Towers, Queensland, Australia, 8 August 1887 |
| Home Town: | Kuranda, Tablelands, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Killed in action, Belgium, 11 October 1917, aged 30 years |
| Cemetery: |
Duhallow A.D.S. Cemetery Plot IX, Row C, Grave No. 9. SLEEP ON DEAR TAKE THY REST THEY MISS YOU MOST WHO LOVE YOU BEST |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 15 Jan 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3410, 31st Infantry Battalion | |
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| 4 May 1916: | Involvement Private, 3410, 31st Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '16' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Seang Choon embarkation_ship_number: A49 public_note: '' | |
| 4 May 1916: | Embarked Private, 3410, 31st Infantry Battalion, HMAT Seang Choon, Brisbane | |
| 11 Oct 1917: | Involvement Lance Corporal, 3410, 31st Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 3410 awm_unit: 31st Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Lance Corporal awm_died_date: 1917-10-11 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Stephen Brooks
Arthur Symonds was the son of William Gumma Symonds and Mary Symonds. His parents had been deceased for almost twenty years when he enlisted. He had married in 1913 to Eileen Mayne O’Keefe and they had two children, living at Kuranda, Queensland, when he left for overseas.
He joined up with his brother Edgar and were both put in the 31st Battalion, leaving on the same ship during May 1916.
His younger brother, 3333 Pte. Edgar Symonds 31st Battalion AIF died of wounds in Belgium on the 26 September 1917, aged 28.
Arthur was killed near Passchendaele Ridge in Belgium, only two weeks after his brother Edgar. His remains were discovered along with his identity disc during 1922. He now has a grave in the Duhallow A D S Cemetery at Ypres, Belgium.
His wife and children were awarded pensions. She remarried during 1921.
Another brother, 3492 Corporal John William Symonds 2nd Battalion AIF was returned to Australia during 1918. Another brother Henry enlisted but was discharged before he left Australia as medically unfit.
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