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ADAMS, Albert William
Personal Details
Service Numbers: | 50, 50, 262 |
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Enlisted: | 11 December 1914, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria |
Last Rank: | Private |
Last Unit: | 2nd Infantry Battalion, Naval and Military Forces - Special Tropical Corps |
Born: | Victoria, Australia, 1872 |
Home Town: | Beechworth, Indigo, Victoria |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Labourer |
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Service History
World War 1 Service
28 Nov 1914: | Involvement Private, 50, 2nd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '21' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: SS Eastern embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: '' | |
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28 Nov 1914: | Embarked Private, 50, 2nd Infantry Battalion, SS Eastern, Sydney | |
11 Dec 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 50, 2nd Infantry Battalion, Naval and Military Forces - Special Tropical Corps, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria | |
25 Jan 1915: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 50, 262, 2nd Infantry Battalion, Naval and Military Forces - Special Tropical Corps, Embarked S.S. Eastern | |
1 Jul 1916: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 50, 262, 2nd Infantry Battalion, Naval and Military Forces - Special Tropical Corps, Discharged at 3rd Military District as medically unfit due to Malaria |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of George Foster and Elizabeth Adams nee Goodgear of Wangaratta Street, Beechworth, Victoria
Commenced return to Australia from Rabaul on 16 December 1915 aboard S.S. Te Anau
Medal: British War Medal