New Zealand Tunnellers

Unit

5th Reinforcements

Rank

Sapper

Serial

37690

About

Born in England

5 January 1887

Parents

Mother

Mary Simons

Father

Redwick John Symons

Settled in New Zealand

1914

Work

Occupation

Contractor

Employer

Own

Personal Life

Marital Status

Married

Wife

Hilda Symons

Army Experience

World War I (1914-1918)

New Zealand Tunnellers

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British War Medal

Victory Medal

Sources

Auckland War Memorial Museum Tāmaki Paenga Hira: Online Cenotaph He Toa Taumata Rau.

New Zealand Archives Te Rua Mahara o te Kāwanatanga, AABK 18805 W5553 91/0111505, Military Personnel File.

Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force, Vol.III, Roll No.62, Government Printer, Wellington, 1914-1919, p. 40.

How to cite this page

Anthony Byledbal, “William Cooper Symons (1887-†?)“, New Zealand Tunnellers Website, NaN (2009), Accessed: . URL: www.nztunnellers.com/tunnellers/818