SUMMONS W.E.

Given Names:  Walter Ernest Isaac

Service Number: 

Unit:  1st Australian General Hospital (Nov 1914)                                                              

Rank:  Major    

Paybook Number:  195020

Age:  33 Yrs  3 Mths

Occupation:  Medical Practitioner                                                                                   

Marital Status:  Married

Religion:  Church of England

PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION           

Height:  5 Ft  9 In                     

Weight:  158 Lbs

Chest:  34 In

Hair: 

Eyes: 

Complexion: 

ENLISTMENT

Date Enlisted:  19/10/1914

Place:  Melbourne

Next of Kin:  WIFE  Mrs Viva St George Summons

8 Stanwell Street, Kew, Victoria                                                                                        

Embarkation Date:  21/11/1914

Port:  Brisbane

Ship:  HMAT Kyarra A55

END OF WAR 

Status:  Returned to Australia

Ship:  Dorset   

Embarked:  29/4/1919                               

Disembarked:  12/5/1919

Unit:  14th Australian General Hospital                                                                                           

Rank:  Colonel

Discharge Date:  10/8/1919                       

Place:  Melbourne

MEDALS AND AWARDS

14/15 Star:  6881

British War Medal:  5191

Victory Medal:  5176

Other:    OBE, MiD

BIRTH

Date or Year:  7/7/1881

Place:  Ballarat, Victoria                           

Father:  Samuel SUMMONS                    

Mother:  Elizabeth Ann EDWARDS

MARRIAGE

Year:  1909     

Place:  Kew     

Spouse: Viva St George SPROULE

DEATH

Date or Year: 10/5/1970                          

Place: Camberwell, Victoria                     

Burial:  Springvale, Victoria

SERVICE RECORD HIGHLIGHTS

OBE gazetted 3/6/1919 for valuable services rendered in connection with military operations in Egypt

Mention in Despatches gazetted 5/6/1919 for services rendered during the period from 19/9/1918 to 31/1/1919

MEMORIALS

Kew War Memorial

Kew State School

Holy Trinity Church

St Marks Church

University of Melbourne

Springvale Walls of Remembrance

Scotch College

WORLD WAR 2 SERVICE

Service Number:  VX42690                                     

Date Enlisted:  28/6/1940                                        

Date Discharged:  15/1/1943

COMMENTS