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ADAMSON, Oscar John
| Service Number: | 3226 |
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| Enlisted: | 27 July 1915, Keswick, South Australia |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 10th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Gothenburg, Sweden, 1894 |
| Home Town: | Broken Hill, Broken Hill Municipality, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
| 27 Jul 1915: | Enlisted Keswick, South Australia | |
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| 27 Oct 1915: | Involvement Private, 3226, 10th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Benalla embarkation_ship_number: A24 public_note: '' | |
| 27 Oct 1915: | Embarked Private, 3226, 10th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Benalla, Adelaide | |
| 25 Aug 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 3226, Discharged at Adelaide | |
| Date unknown: | Wounded 3226, 50th Infantry Battalion |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Mother's address was Gothenberg, Sweden
6 July 1917 - Court Martialled for Desertion between 31 May 1917 and 14 June 1917. Please Not Guilty. Found Guilty and sentenced to 15 years in a Military Prison. 17 July 1918 - Sentence Suspended
27 May 1919 - Returned to Australia on board Rio Padre
Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
9 January 1929 - NSW State Secretary of the RSSILA wrote to Base Records on behalf of Oscar requesting that he be issued with the Returned Soldiers Badge.
5 April 1934 - Residential address was at Queanbeyan.
Last know address in 1957 was 75 Argent Street, Broken Hill