Geoffrey ADAMS

ADAMS, Geoffrey

    Service Numbers: 300, 32034
    Enlisted: 24 August 1914, Enlisted at Sydney, NSW
    Last Rank: Gunner
    Last Unit: 2nd Field Artillery Brigade
    Born: Moree, New South Wales, Australia, 1890
    Home Town: Gravesend, Gwydir, New South Wales
    Schooling: Not yet discovered
    Occupation: Grazier
    Died: Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, 17 November 1966, cause of death not yet discovered
    Cemetery: Not yet discovered
    Memorials: Gravesend War Memorial
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    World War 1 Service

    24 Aug 1914: Enlisted AIF WW1, Gunner, 300, 1st Field Artillery Brigade, Enlisted at Sydney, NSW
    18 Oct 1914: Involvement Gunner, 300, 1st Field Artillery Brigade, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '3' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Argyllshire embarkation_ship_number: A8 public_note: ''
    18 Oct 1914: Embarked Gunner, 300, 1st Field Artillery Brigade, HMAT Argyllshire, Sydney
    19 Jul 1915: Wounded AIF WW1, Gunner, 300, Gunshot wound to the arm
    19 Dec 1915: Discharged AIF WW1, Gunner, 300, 1st Field Artillery Brigade, Discharged at Sydney as medically unfit due to gunshot wound to the the arm and synovitis to the knee
    9 Sep 1916: Enlisted AIF WW1, Gunner, 32034, 1st Field Artillery Brigade, Re-enlisted at Sydney, NSW
    1 Dec 1916: Transferred AIF WW1, Gunner, 11th Field Artillery Brigade , From the 1st Field Artillery Brigade
    9 Feb 1917: Transferred AIF WW1, Gunner, 7th Field Artillery Brigade, From the 11th Field Artilleryy Brigade
    10 Feb 1917: Embarked Gunner, 32034, 7th Field Artillery Brigade, RMS Osterley, Sydney
    10 Feb 1917: Involvement Gunner, 32034, 7th Field Artillery Brigade, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '4' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: RMS Osterley embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: ''
    30 Nov 1917: Transferred AIF WW1, 2nd Divisional Ammunition Column, From the 7th Field Artillery Brigade
    7 Dec 1917: Transferred AIF WW1, Gunner, 4th Field Artillery Brigade, From 2nd Divisional Ammunition Column
    12 Jan 1918: Transferred AIF WW1, Gunner, 1st Field Artillery Brigade, From 4th Field Artillery Brigade
    16 Jun 1918: Transferred AIF WW1, Gunner, Australian Employment Company, From 1st Field Artillery Brigade
    20 Oct 1918: Promoted AIF WW1, Quartermaster Sergeant, Australian Employment Company
    9 Jul 1920: Discharged AIF WW1, Gunner, 32034, 2nd Field Artillery Brigade , Discharged at the 2 Military District

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    Biography contributed by Carol Foster

    Son of Ernest Alfred Adams and Ada M. Adams of 'Singapore', Gravesend, NSW

    First time:- Commenced return to Australia on 31 October 1915 aboard HT Aeneas  disembarking on 26 November 1915 for discharge due to wounding and Synovitis of the knee. Later re-enlisted 

    Second time:- Commenced return to Australia on 8 September 1919 aboard HT Raranga disembarking on 29 October 1919

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

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