George Ernest ADAMS

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Service Number:	3756
Enlisted:	7 September 1915, Enlisted at Brisbane, QLD
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	3 Australian Railway Company
Born:	Essex, England, 1894
Home Town:	Laidley, Lockyer Valley, Queensland
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Groom
Memorials:	Laidley Memorial Park Gates

7 Sep 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3756, 25th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Brisbane, QLD
2 Apr 1916:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 49th Infantry Battalion, From the 25th Battalion
31 Oct 1916:	Involvement Private, 3756, 25th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '15' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Wandilla embarkation_ship_number: A62 public_note: ''
31 Oct 1916:	Embarked Private, 3756, 25th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Wandilla, Brisbane
14 Feb 1917:	Transferred AIF WW1, Sapper, 1st Australian Light Railway Operating Company, From the 49th Battalion and with the rank of Sapper
5 Nov 1917:	Wounded AIF WW1, Sapper, 3756, 3 Australian Railway Company, Shell wound to the left arm
22 Sep 1918:	Transferred AIF WW1, Sapper, 3 Australian Railway Company
17 Dec 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 3756, 3 Australian Railway Company, Discharged at the 1st Military District

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Arrived in Australia on 12 August 1912

Son of James Adams of 2 Grove Cottages, Henley Road, Ipswich, Suffolk, England

Commenced return to Australia on 3 September 1919 aboard HT Euripides disembarking on the 25 Occtober 1919

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal