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ADAMS, William John
Personal Details
Service Number: | 5029 |
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Enlisted: | 18 January 1916, Enlisted at Mellbourne, Victoria |
Last Rank: | Private |
Last Unit: | 59th Infantry Battalion |
Born: | Dromana, Victoria, Australia, 1894 |
Home Town: | Dromana, Mornington Peninsula, Victoria |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Labourer |
Memorials: | Dromana War Memorial |
Service History
World War 1 Service
18 Jan 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 5029, 5th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Mellbourne, Victoria | |
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1 Apr 1916: | Involvement Private, 5029, 5th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '8' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Suffolk embarkation_ship_number: A23 public_note: '' | |
1 Apr 1916: | Embarked Private, 5029, 5th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Suffolk, Melbourne | |
27 Jun 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 60th Infantry Battalion, From 5th Battalion | |
9 Apr 1918: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 5029, 60th Infantry Battalion, Gassed and invalided to England on 16 April 1918 | |
25 Sep 1918: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 59th Infantry Battalion, From 60th Battalion | |
12 Oct 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 5029, 59th Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 3rd Military District |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Next of kin given as his grandmother Freda Adams of Dromana, Victoria
Husband of Annie Adams of Howey, England
Commenced return to Australia on 5 July 1919 aboard HT Port Melbourne disembarking on the 20 August 1919
In 1931 William was living in the Caulfield, Victoria
Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal