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Harold Everard SYMES

Regimental number2123
Place of birthAdelaide, South Australia
SchoolPuckney Street Public School, Adelaide, South Australia
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationLabourer
AddressGlenelg, South Australia
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation28
Next of kinSister, Mrs Mabel Blitz, Maturin Road, Glenelg, South Australia
Previous military serviceNil
Enlistment date12 October 1915
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name32nd Battalion, 3rd Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/49/2
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Adelaide, South Australia, on board HMAT A28 Miltiades on 7 February 1916
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll32nd Battalion
FateDied of wounds 20 November 1917
Place of death or woundingFrance
Age at death29
Age at death from cemetery records29
Place of burialBailleul Communal Cemetery Extension (Plot III, Row E, Grave No. 57), France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
121
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Thomas Evered and Mary SYMES
Family/military connectionsNil
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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