2371 Emanuel SYMONS

Date of enlistment	15^th July 1915
Rank at enlistment	Private
Company	D Company
Significant events while with the AIF	Killed in Action – Broodseinde Wounded in Action – Pozieres

Commemorated on the Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres

Summary of Private Symons WW1 service record, located in the National Archives of Australia. Full details are available online, NAA Series B2455

Date	Location	Event
4^th October 1917	Belgium	Killed in Action
9^th January 1917	France	Re-joined Battalion
1^st January 1917	France	Marched in to 2^nd ADBD Etaples
31^st December 1916	England	Proceeded overseas on Princes Victoria from Folkestone
22^nd December 1916	England	Marched in to Perham Down
27^th October 1916	England	Marched in to No.4 Command Depot Wareham
19^th October 1916	England	Marched in to No.1 Command Depot Perham Down from furlough
2^nd October 1916	England	Marched in from hospital to No.1 Command Depot Perham Down
13^th August 1916	France	Embarked on HS Dieppe from Calais. Admitted 5^th Northern General Hospital Leicester
5^th August 1916	France	Wounded in Action – Gunshot wound shoulder and back. Admitted to 11^th General Hospital Camiers
26^th March 1916	France	Disembarked Marseille
19^th March 1916	Egypt	Proceeded to join British Expeditionary Force from Alexandria on the Llandovery Castle
8^th January 1916	Egypt	Taken on Strength, Tel-el-Kabir
25^th October 1915	Egypt	Disembarked Alexandria
29^th September 1915	Australia	Departed Melbourne on RMS Osterley
3^rd August 1915	Australia	Assigned to 5^th Reinforcements 22^nd Battalion
19^th July 1915	Australia	Marched into Broadmeadows depot

FIRST WORLD WAR TIMELINE

1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919