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Private CHARLES WILLIE SYMONS

Service Number: 2256
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Australian Infantry, A.I.F.

47th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 12 August 1917

Age 25 years old

Buried or commemorated at

DERRY HOUSE CEMETERY NO.2

II. C. 3.

Belgium

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service Australian
  • Additional Info Son of Henry and Mary Ellen Symons, of Springfield, Mackay, Queensland.
  • Personal Inscription HE DIED THE HELPLESS TO DEFEND AN AUSTRALIAN SOLDIER'S NOBLE END
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Buried or commemorated at

DERRY HOUSE CEMETERY NO.2
West-Vlaanderen Belgium
Number of casualties: 166
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