ADAMS, William Pitt
Service Number: | 1060 |
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Enlisted: | 23 September 1914, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria |
Last Rank: | Captain |
Last Unit: | 6th Infantry Battalion |
Born: | Bournemouth, England, 23 October 1886 |
Home Town: | Somerville, Mornington Peninsula, Victoria |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Orchardist |
Died: | Victoria, Australia, 14 August 1972, aged 85 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
Cemetery: |
Springvale Botanical Cemetery, Melbourne Cremated on 17 August 1972. Ashes collected |
Memorials: | Hastings Somerville District Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
23 Sep 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1060, 5th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria | |
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21 Oct 1914: | Involvement Private, 1060, 5th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '8' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Orvieto embarkation_ship_number: A3 public_note: '' | |
21 Oct 1914: | Embarked Private, 1060, 5th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Orvieto, Melbourne | |
2 May 1915: | Promoted AIF WW1, Company Sergeant Major, 5th Infantry Battalion, At Gallipoli | |
9 May 1915: | Promoted AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, 5th Infantry Battalion, At Gallipoli | |
14 May 1915: | Transferred AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 6th Infantry Battalion, At Gallipoli. From 5th Battalion | |
11 Jul 1915: | Wounded AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, 6th Infantry Battalion, Gunshot wound to the right arm | |
13 Dec 1915: | Promoted AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 6th Infantry Battalion | |
20 Oct 1916: | Promoted AIF WW1, Captain, 6th Infantry Battalion, In the field | |
20 Sep 1917: | Honoured Mention in Dispatches, Fine powers of organisation and administration as Company Commander during period Feburary-September 1917 London Gazette on 28 December 1917, page 13565, position 90 Commonwealth of Australia Gazette on 18 April 1918, page 843, position 20 | |
21 Sep 1917: | Wounded AIF WW1, Captain, 6th Infantry Battalion, Second occasion. Bullet wound to the head and transferred to England on the 26 September 1917 | |
7 Jun 1918: | Wounded AIF WW1, Captain, 6th Infantry Battalion, Third occasion. Gassed | |
14 Sep 1920: | Discharged AIF WW1, Captain, 6th Infantry Battalion |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Next of kin originally given as G. Adams of Maslmsbury, Paark Road, Bournemouth, England
Husband of Maruerite Mina of Park Road, Bournemouth, England
Commenced return to Australia on 22 August 1919 aboard HT Anchises disembarking on the 8 October 1919
In 1967 William was residing in Moonee Ponds, Victoria
Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War medal, Victory Medal
Previously saw service in England with the Hampshire Regiment