William George ADAMS

ADAMS, William George

Service Numbers: 552, 20721
Enlisted: 19 February 1915, Enlisted at Liverpool, NSW
Last Rank: Private
Last Unit: 57th Infantry Battalion
Born: Marylebone, London, England, 1891
Home Town: Sydney, City of Sydney, New South Wales
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Sailor
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World War 1 Service

19 Feb 1915: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 552, 22nd Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Liverpool, NSW
10 May 1915: Embarked Private, 552, 22nd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ulysses, Melbourne
10 May 1915: Involvement Private, 552, 22nd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '14' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ulysses embarkation_ship_number: A38 public_note: ''
19 May 1916: Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 5th Divisional Train, From 22nd Battalion
14 Oct 1916: Transferred AIF WW1, Private, Supply Depot Companies / Platoons
27 Aug 1917: Enlisted AIF WW1, Sapper, 20721, Field Company Engineers, Enlisted at Sydney, NSW
14 Nov 1917: Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 57th Infantry Battalion, From 25th Depot Unit of Supply
16 Nov 1917: Embarked Sapper, 20721, Field Company Engineers, SS Canberra, Sydney
16 Nov 1917: Involvement Sapper, 20721, Field Company Engineers, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '5' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: SS Canberra embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: ''
22 Aug 1918: Transferred AIF WW1, Sapper, 14th Field Company Engineers, In France
4 Oct 1919: Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 552, 57th Infantry Battalion, Discharged in London, England. Unit demobilised

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Biography contributed by Carol Foster

Husband of of Lydia Adams nee Anderson of 'Cressing' Stanley Street, Randwick, NSW. William and Lydia married during 1910 in Kogarah area, NSW. Father of Gwendoline E. Adams

Returned to Australia 24 October 1919 aboard HT Euripides

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

Biography contributed by Carol Foster

Son of George William and Mary Jane Adams of 4 Princess Place, Holland Park, London, England

Husband of Jessie Adams nee Tanswell of 41 Clifton Street, Nottinghamshire, England. William and Jessie married on 22 April 1917 in the Norland St James Parish Church, Kensington, England

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

Served with the Royal Fuseliers for four years