ADAMS, Richard Alfred
Service Number: | 4823 |
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Enlisted: | 15 December 1915, Enlisted at Liverpool, NSW |
Last Rank: | Private |
Last Unit: | 17th Infantry Battalion |
Born: | Woollahra, New South Wales, Australia, 1879 |
Home Town: | Gloucester, Gloucester Shire, New South Wales |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Gardener |
Died: | Callan Park, Lilyfield, New South Wales, Australia, 12 November 1953, cause of death not yet discovered |
Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
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World War 1 Service
15 Dec 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 4823, 19th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Liverpool, NSW | |
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13 Apr 1916: | Involvement Private, 4823, 19th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '13' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Ceramic embarkation_ship_number: A40 public_note: '' | |
13 Apr 1916: | Embarked Private, 4823, 19th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ceramic, Sydney | |
11 Oct 1918: | Transferred Private, 17th Infantry Battalion, From 19th Battalion | |
16 Nov 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 4823, 17th Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 2nd Military District |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of Alfred Tolbet Adams and Catheerine Mary Adams of Woollahra, NSW
Next of kin given as his brother Ernest Leo Adams of Gloucester, NSW
On th 14 March 1918 he was thought to have self inflicted a gun wound to the left leg in the vicinity of his ankle
Returned to Australia on 24 October 1919 aboard HT Euripides
In late 1946 he was residing in the Wagga Wagga area, NSW
Not eligible for medals