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ADAMS, Leonard Anthony
Personal Details
Service Number: | 294 |
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Enlisted: | 27 January 1916, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria |
Last Rank: | Lance Corporal |
Last Unit: | 2nd Machine Gun Battalion |
Born: | Essendon, Victoria, Australia, 1894 |
Home Town: | Essendon, Moonee Valley, Victoria |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Plasterer |
Died: | East Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 1924, cause of death not yet discovered |
Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
Memorials: | South Essendon Methodist Church HR |
Service History
World War 1 Service
27 Jan 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 294, 15th Machine Gun Company, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria | |
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4 May 1916: | Involvement Private, 294, 15th Machine Gun Company, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '21' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Port Lincoln embarkation_ship_number: A17 public_note: '' | |
4 May 1916: | Embarked Private, 294, 15th Machine Gun Company, HMAT Port Lincoln, Melbourne | |
27 Apr 1917: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 22nd Machine Gun Company, From 15th Machine Gun Company | |
9 Sep 1918: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 2nd Machine Gun Battalion, From 22 Machine Gun Company | |
10 Sep 1918: | Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 2nd Machine Gun Battalion, In France | |
9 Apr 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 294, 2nd Machine Gun Battalion, Discharged at 3rd Military District |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of John James Adams and Anna Turner Adams nee Woods of 105 McPherson Street, Essendon, Victoria
Commenced return to Australia 22 January 1919 aboard HT Demos disembakring on 2 March 1919
During 1919 Leonard married Ilma Eileen Williams in Victoria
Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal