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ADAMS, John McPeake
Personal Details
Service Number: | 472 |
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Enlisted: | 14 October 1915, Enlisted at Adelaide, SA |
Last Rank: | Sergeant |
Last Unit: | 2nd Tunnelling Company (inc. 5th Tunnelling Company) |
Born: | Gawler, South Australia, 1872 |
Home Town: | Adelaide, South Australia |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Engineer |
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Service History
World War 1 Service
14 Oct 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Sapper, 472, Mining Corps, Enlisted at Adelaide, SA | |
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10 Feb 1916: | Promoted AIF WW1, Sergeant, Mining Corps | |
20 Feb 1916: | Embarked Sergeant, 472, Mining Corps, HMAT Ulysses, Sydney | |
20 Feb 1916: | Embarked Sergeant, 472, Mining Corps, HMAT Ulysses, Sydney | |
20 Feb 1916: | Involvement Sergeant, 472, Mining Corps, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '6' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Ulysses embarkation_ship_number: A38 public_note: '' | |
20 Feb 1916: | Involvement Sergeant, 472, Mining Corps, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '6' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Ulysses embarkation_ship_number: A38 public_note: '' | |
29 Dec 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Sergeant, 2nd Tunnelling Company (inc. 5th Tunnelling Company) | |
8 Nov 1917: | Discharged AIF WW1, Sergeant, 472, 2nd Tunnelling Company (inc. 5th Tunnelling Company), Discharged at 4th Military District as medically unfit due to contusions of the left thigh and overage |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Wife of Ellen Brown Adams of Royal Terrace, 3 Carrington Street, Adelaide, SA. Father of Sylvia Jean Adams and Una Mavis Adams
Commenced return to Australia on 25 August 1917 aboard HT Benalla disembraking on the 24 October 1917 at Melbourne for onward travel to Adelaide
Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal