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ADAMS, John Henry Cay
Personal Details
Service Number: | 79 |
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Enlisted: | 15 February 1915, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria |
Last Rank: | Sapper |
Last Unit: | 1st Australian Wireless Squadron |
Born: | Stanley, Tasmania, Australia, 1892 |
Home Town: | Launceston, Launceston, Tasmania |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Seaman |
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Service History
World War 1 Service
15 Feb 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 79, 21st Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria | |
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10 May 1915: | Embarked Private, 79, 24th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ulysses, Melbourne | |
10 May 1915: | Involvement Private, 79, 24th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '13' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ulysses embarkation_ship_number: A38 public_note: '' | |
4 Oct 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 1st Australian Wireless Squadron, From 21st Battalion | |
2 Apr 1918: | Transferred AIF WW1, Sapper, Royal Australian Signals Corps | |
31 Aug 1918: | Wounded AIF WW1, Sapper, Royal Australian Signals Corps, Multiple wounds shrapnel wounds to head, back and left thigh. invalided to England on the 8 September 1918 | |
13 May 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Sapper, 79, 1st Australian Wireless Squadron, Discharged at the 6th Military District |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of Annie Henderson Smith formerly Adams of Wellington Road, Launceston, Tasmania
Returned to Australia on 21 January 1919aboard HT Delta
Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal