Ernest Charles ADAMS

ADAMS, Ernest Charles

Service Number: 6301
Enlisted: 13 September 1915, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria
Last Rank: Gunner
Last Unit: 4th Field Artillery Brigade
Born: Yormouth, England, 1895
Home Town: Bairnsdale, East Gippsland, Victoria
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Ploughman
Died: Ensay, Victoria, Australia, 21 April 1961, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery: Ensay Cemetery, Victoria, Australia
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World War 1 Service

13 Sep 1915: Enlisted AIF WW1, Gunner, 6301, 4th Field Artillery Brigade, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria
18 Nov 1915: Involvement Gunner, 6301, 4th Field Artillery Brigade, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '3' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Wiltshire embarkation_ship_number: A18 public_note: ''
18 Nov 1915: Embarked Gunner, 6301, 4th Field Artillery Brigade, HMAT Wiltshire, Melbourne
13 May 1916: Transferred AIF WW1, Gunner, 2nd Divisional Ammunition Column, From 4th Field Artillery
8 Nov 1916: Transferred AIF WW1, Gunner, 4th Field Artillery Brigade, From 2nd Divisional Ammunition Column including brief time with the 22 Field Battery
13 Nov 1917: Wounded AIF WW1, Gunner, 6301, 4th Field Artillery Brigade, Gassed
2 Aug 1919: Discharged AIF WW1, Gunner, 6301, 4th Field Artillery Brigade, Discharged at 3rd Military District as medically unfit due to gassing

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Biography contributed by Carol Foster

Address at the time of enlistment was Bairnsdale, Victoria

Son of Joseph Adams and Edith Fanny Adams nee Scott of 8 Worsley Terrace, Fort Town, Sandown, Isle of Wight

Husband of Alice Adams nee Doman. Ernest and Alice were married on 19 April 1919 Niton Parish Church, Isle of Wight. Father of William Adams, Iris Adams and Ivy Adams

Commenced the return to Australia on 27 April 1919 aboard HT Runic disembarking on the 10 JUen1919

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

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