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ADAMS, Charles Frederick
Personal Details
Service Number: | 2856 |
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Enlisted: | 24 July 1916, Enlisted at Goulburn, NSW |
Last Rank: | Private |
Last Unit: | 18th Infantry Battalion |
Born: | Crookwell, New South Wales, Australia, 1894 |
Home Town: | Crookwell, Upper Lachlan Shire, New South Wales |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Labourer |
Died: | Germany, 16 February 1972, cause of death not yet discovered |
Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
Memorials: | Crookwell War Memorial |
Service History
World War 1 Service
15 May 1915: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 2856, 18th Infantry Battalion, Second occasion. Wound to the arm and wrist. Severe wound to the left arm later amputated | |
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24 Jul 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2856, 55th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Goulburn, NSW | |
25 Oct 1916: | Embarked Private, 2856, 55th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ascanius, Sydney | |
25 Oct 1916: | Involvement Private, 2856, 55th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '19' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Ascanius embarkation_ship_number: A11 public_note: '' | |
23 Mar 1917: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 18th Infantry Battalion, From 55th Battalion | |
5 May 1917: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 2856, 18th Infantry Battalion, Gunshot wound to the left shoulder and arm. Evacuated to England on 16 May 1917 | |
12 Nov 1920: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 2856, 18th Infantry Battalion, Discharged at 2nd Military District as medically unfit due to ampuatation |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of Henry J. Adams and Eliza J. Adams of Kialla Road, Crookwell, NSW
Commenced return to Australia 15 September 1918 aboad HT Arawa disembarking at Melbourne on 17 November 1918 for onward travel to Sydney
Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal