URMSON, Adam John Henry Griffin
| Service Number: | 66 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Driver |
| Last Unit: | 11th Light Horse Regiment |
| Born: | Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, 16 May 1893 |
| Home Town: | Forest Hill, Lockyer Valley, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Queensland, Australia, 13 September 1993, aged 100 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Nambour Garden Cemetery, Qld |
| Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
| 2 Jun 1915: | Involvement Driver, 66, 11th Light Horse Regiment, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '3' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Medic embarkation_ship_number: A7 public_note: '' | |
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| 2 Jun 1915: | Embarked Driver, 66, 11th Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Medic, Brisbane |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of Howard Urmson and Elizabeth Mat Urmson nee Gummow of 'One Mile Lagoon', Forest Hill, QLD.
31 December 1914 - enlisted at Bowen, QLD, with the 11th Light Horse Regiment Machine Gun Section and with the rank of Driver.
29 August 1915 - transferred to the 2nd Light Horse Regiment
26 February 1916 - transferred to the 11th Light Horse Regiment
20 August 1918 - promoted to Lance Corporal
28 August 1919 - returned to Australia aboard HT Morvada disembarking at Sydney for onward travel to Brisbane
Medals: 1914-1915 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
29 October 1919 - discharged at the 1st Military District
On 1 September 1923 Adam married Alma May Lauman