Herbert ADAMS

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Service Number:	2551
Enlisted:	15 August 1915, Enlisted at Pomona, QLD
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	47th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Mount Morgan, Queensland, Australia, 1894
Home Town:	Brisbane, Brisbane, Queensland
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Labourer
Memorials:

15 Aug 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2551, 15th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Pomona, QLD
16 Aug 1915:	Involvement Private, 2551, 15th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '11' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Kyarra embarkation_ship_number: A55 public_note: ''
16 Aug 1915:	Embarked Private, 2551, 15th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Kyarra, Brisbane
3 Mar 1916:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 47th Infantry Battalion, From 15th Battalion at Tel-el-Kebir
22 Nov 1916:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 2551, 47th Infantry Battalion, Gassed
5 Feb 1918:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 2551, 47th Infantry Battalion, Second occasion. Gassed
5 Apr 1918:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 2551, 47th Infantry Battalion, Third occasion. Gas shell and transferred to England on 8 April 1918
1 May 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 2551, Discharged 1st Military District as medically unfit due to gassing

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Next of kin given as his sister Maggie Thomas nee Adams of Baree, QLD

Commenced return to Australia on 19 January 1919 disembarking on the 8 Maarch 1919

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal