ADAMS, Silas Cecil
Service Numbers: | 2326, 2517 |
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Enlisted: | 17 May 1915, Enlisted at Liverpool, NSW. Deserted at Fremantle and issued with service number 2326 |
Last Rank: | Private |
Last Unit: | 1st Infantry Battalion |
Born: | Narrandera, New South Wales, Australia, 1895 |
Home Town: | Narrandera, Narrandera, New South Wales |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Barman |
Died: | Cooma, New South Wales, Australia, 28 March 1934, cause of death not yet discovered |
Cemetery: |
Nimmitabel Cemetery, New South Wales, Australia Internment number 177618521. Grave may be unmarked |
Memorials: | Narrandera WW1 War Memorial |
World War 1 Service
17 May 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2326, 3rd Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Liverpool, NSW. Deserted at Fremantle and issued with service number 2326 | |
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14 Jul 1915: | Involvement Private, 2326, 3rd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Orsova embarkation_ship_number: A67 public_note: '' | |
14 Jul 1915: | Embarked Private, 2326, 3rd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Orsova, Sydney | |
18 Oct 1915: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 2517, 1st Infantry Battalion, Embarked HMAT Borda and issued with service number 2326 having previously deserted at Fremantle on 22 July 1915 | |
13 Mar 1918: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 2517, 1st Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 2nd Military District as medically unfit due to defective vision |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
In August 1918 he claimed that he had not deserted but missed the sailing of HMAT Orsova at Fremantle but later had boarded another transport ship, HMAT Borda, which arrived in Egypt about 3 days after his unit which he rejoined
Son of Silas Adams and Lucy Jane Adams of Commercial Hotel, Narrandera, NSW.
During 1920 Silas married Jessie C. Cameron in the Orange area, NSW. Father of Kenneth Cameron Adams
Commenced return to Australia on 20 Februry 1917 aboard HT Runic
Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal