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ADAMS, Sydney Charles
Personal Details
Service Number: | 3453 |
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Enlisted: | 1 September 1915, Enlisted at Dubbo, NSW |
Last Rank: | Lance Corporal |
Last Unit: | 56th Infantry Battalion |
Born: | Mooroopna, Victoria, Australia, 1894 |
Home Town: | Mooroopna, Greater Shepparton, Victoria |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Plumber |
Died: | Heidelberg, Victoria, Australia, 1973, cause of death not yet discovered |
Cemetery: |
Springvale Botanical Cemetery, Melbourne Cremated on the 3 October 1973. Church of England Compartment, Section 13, Grave 16 |
Memorials: | Mooroopna Brass Band Roll of Honour, Mooroopna War Memorial |
Service History
World War 1 Service
1 Sep 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3453, 20th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Dubbo, NSW | |
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20 Dec 1915: | Involvement Private, 3453, 20th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '13' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Aeneas embarkation_ship_number: A60 public_note: '' | |
20 Dec 1915: | Embarked Private, 3453, 20th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Aeneas, Sydney | |
16 Feb 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 56th Infantry Battalion, From the 20th Battalion at Tel-el-Kebir | |
7 Jun 1916: | Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 56th Infantry Battalion | |
20 Jul 1916: | Wounded AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 3453, 56th Infantry Battalion, Slight wound to the left knee | |
26 May 1917: | Discharged AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 3453, 56th Infantry Battalion, Discharged at 3rd Military District as medically unfit due to wounding |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of John Thomas Adams and Mary Ann Adams nee Barr of Northcote Street, Mooroopna, Victoria
During 1928 Sydeny married Evelyn Pearl Barkley in Victoria
Commenced return to Australia on 12 November 1916 aboard HT Wiltshire disembarking on the 17 December 1916
Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal