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ADAMS, Edwin
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 4352 |
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| Enlisted: | 23 July 1915, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 21st Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Greenwich, England, 1876 |
| Home Town: | Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Railway Employee |
| Died: | Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 1942, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
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Service History
World War 1 Service
| 23 Jul 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 4352, 21st Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria | |
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| 29 Mar 1916: | Involvement Private, 4352, 21st Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '13' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: RMS Orontes embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: '' | |
| 29 Mar 1916: | Embarked Private, 4352, 21st Infantry Battalion, RMS Orontes, Melbourne | |
| 4 Oct 1916: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 4352, 21st Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the third Military District as medically unfit due to corns and knee |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of Henry Adams and Emily Adams nee Grant of Grenwich, England
Next of kin given as his brother Harry Adams of Stratford, London, England
Commenced return to Australia on 10 July 1916 aboard HT Clan MacGillivray
Medal: British War Medal
Previously served in the Royal Garrsion Artillery