ADAMS, Alexander Milton
| Service Number: | 13081 |
|---|---|
| Enlisted: | 13 March 1916, Enlisted at Adelaide |
| Last Rank: | Corporal |
| Last Unit: | Army Medical Corps (AIF) |
| Born: | Norwood, South Australia, 12 January 1896 |
| Home Town: | Maylands (SA), Norwood Payneham St Peters, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Postal Assistant |
| Died: | 7 September 1980, aged 84 years, cause of death not yet discovered, place of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
| Memorials: | Adelaide Officers of S.A. Post, Telegraph and Telephone Department Great War Roll of Honor |
World War 1 Service
| 13 Mar 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 13081, Army Medical Corps (AIF), Enlisted at Adelaide | |
|---|---|---|
| 9 Jun 1916: | Involvement Private, 13081, 11th Field Ambulance, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '23' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: '' embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: '' | |
| 9 Jun 1916: | Embarked Private, 13081, 11th Field Ambulance, Adelaide | |
| 11 Nov 1918: | Promoted AIF WW1, Corporal, Army Medical Corps (AIF), In England | |
| 24 Feb 1920: | Discharged AIF WW1, Corporal, 13081, Discharged 4th Military District |
Help us honour Alexander Milton Adams's service by contributing information, stories, and images so that they can be preserved for future generations.
Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of Alexander Milton Adams and Margaret Ellen (nee McDonald) Adams of 57 Osmond Terrace, Norwood, SA; brother of Peter Angus Adams, Margaret Isabella Adams and James Malcom Adams
15 November 1919 - return to Australia on board HT Ypringa disembarking on 1 January 1920
Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
On 24 September 1923 Alexander married Clytie Filmer Ranford in St Bedes Church, Semaphore, Port Adelaide
Biography contributed by Adelaide Botanic High School
Alexander Milton Adams was born on the 12th of January 1896 in Maylands to father Alexander Milton Adams Snr and mother Margaret Ellen (nee McDonald) Adams. He had two brothers, Peter Angus Adams and James Malcom Adams, and a sister, Margaret Isabella Adams. Prior to the war, he was an unmarried postal assistant and resided in 57 Osmond Terrace, Norwood. He enlisted to fight in the war at just 20 years old, after his father wrote his permission letter on the 1st of February 1916. He was a Roman Catholic and his attestation papers mention that he was a 5’8” tall man with hazel eyes, brown hair with a medium complexion.
He enlisted in the military with three years of experience as a Cadet, embarking for England aboard the 'Afric' on the 9th of June 1916, disembarking in Southampton, England on the 27th of July 1916. Initially put into the 2nd Depot Battalion, he was then moved to the Australian Army Medical Corps (AAMC), where he served as a Private ranked nursing staff, tending to the gravely sick and wounded for the entirety of his service. He also served in the 11th Field Ambulance, but he only served in it for the May of 1916 and the June of 1916.
On the 5th of August 1916, he was taken on strength by the AAMC in England, a day later being taken on strength from the Larkhill Parkhouse, where he most likely spent a month there training for his role as that camp was a training ground.
On the 22nd of September 1916, Adams marched to the ABDMS Bhurtpore Barracks in Tidworth from the Medical Corp. The Bhurtpore Barracks were the headquarters of AIF Depots in England during the war. A day after that he marched out of the Base Medical Store, meaning that he most likely had a stopover there on the way to a different unit.
On the 16th of January 1917, he marched out an ambulance unit.
On the 1st of October 1917, Alexander was charged with being away without leave, but fortunately his case was dismissed.
He also marched out to the Regimental Barracks Defence Medical Service on the 17th of February, 1918. On the 18th of February 1918, Alexander was taken on strength to the Admin Headquarters from the Base Medical Stores unit, and he was taken there by the AAMC. The AIF Headquarters were located close to the troops at Tidworth Barracks, on the eastern side of the Salisbury Plain.
Alexander Milton Adams was promoted to Corporal on the 11th of November 1918, and he embarked on the Ypiranga Ship from London on the 15th of November 1919, finally returning to Australia on new year’s day in 1920.
Alexander married Clytie Filmer Ranford on the 24th of September 1923 in St Bedes Church in Semaphore, at age 27. Adams passed on the 7th of September 1980, at 84 years old.