Ernest Edwin ADAMS

ADAMS, Ernest Edwin

Service Number: 7616
Enlisted: 28 March 1917, Enlisted at Townsville, QLD
Last Rank: Private
Last Unit: 15th Infantry Battalion
Born: Townsville, Queensland, Australia, 4 May 1884
Home Town: Townsville, Townsville, Queensland
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Labourer
Died: Fractured Skull, Home Hill, Queensland, Australia, 2 September 1928, aged 44 years
Cemetery: Home Hill Cemetery, Qld
Interred on 2 September 1928. Grave 204. Rev. Potter officiated
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World War 1 Service

28 Mar 1917: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 7616, 15th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Townsville, QLD
14 Jun 1917: Involvement Private, 7616, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '11' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Hororata embarkation_ship_number: A20 public_note: ''
14 Jun 1917: Embarked Private, 7616, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), HMAT Hororata, Sydney
23 Feb 1918: Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 7616, 15th Infantry Battalion, Discharged at 1st Military District as medically unfit due to early heart failure

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Biography contributed by Carol Foster

Son of William Adams and Mary Adams nee Kingston of Townsville, QLD

Husband of Emily Adams nee Wicks of South Ayr, QLD. Ernest and Emily married on 24 December 1913 in QLD

Commenced return to Australia on 25 November 1917 aboard HT Ormonde, transferred  to HT Kenilworth Castle at Cape Town, South Africa. Later transferred to HT Medic at Durban, South Africa