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ADAMS, William Robert
Personal Details
Service Number: | 3021 |
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Enlisted: | 2 November 1916, Enlisted at Adelaide, SA |
Last Rank: | Private |
Last Unit: | 43rd Infantry Battalion |
Born: | Capetown, South Africa, 1 March 1882 |
Home Town: | Forestville, South Australia |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Storeman |
Memorials: | Unley Town Hall WW1 Honour Board |
Service History
World War 1 Service
2 Nov 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3021, 43rd Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Adelaide, SA | |
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23 Jun 1917: | Involvement Private, 3021, 43rd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '18' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Borda embarkation_ship_number: A30 public_note: '' | |
23 Jun 1917: | Embarked Private, 3021, 43rd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Borda, Adelaide | |
26 May 1918: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 3021, 43rd Infantry Battalion, Gassed. Invalided to England on the 7 June 1918 | |
21 Dec 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 3021, 43rd Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 4th Military District | |
Date unknown: | Wounded 3021, 43rd Infantry Battalion |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Comenced return to Australia on 6 September 1919 aboard HT Euripides disembarking on the 18 October 1918 at Adelaide
Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
Biography
Son of George and Catherine Anna ADAMS
Appears in the Police Gazette of 1924 under "Convicted with the alias of ANDERSON"