James Clarence (Clarrie, Jack) ADAMS

ADAMS, James Clarence

Service Number: 77
Enlisted: 22 September 1914, Machine gun section Enlisted at Brisbane, QLD
Last Rank: Private
Last Unit: 15th Infantry Battalion
Born: West Maitland, New South Wales, 1894
Home Town: West Maitland, Maitland, New South Wales
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Electrician
Died: 6 September 1964, cause of death not yet discovered, place of death not yet discovered
Cemetery: Eastern Suburbs Memorial Park, NSW
Cremated. Ashes interred on 12 November 1964. Eastern Drive Walls. Wall G, Position 96
Memorials: West Maitland Superior Public School Honor Roll
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World War 1 Service

22 Sep 1914: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 77, 15th Infantry Battalion, Machine gun section Enlisted at Brisbane, QLD
22 Dec 1914: Involvement Private, 77, 17th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '11' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ceramic embarkation_ship_number: A40 public_note: ''
22 Dec 1914: Embarked Private, 77, 17th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ceramic, Melbourne
1 May 1915: Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 77, 15th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, Shrapnel wound to the left foot
28 Jan 1916: Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 77, 15th Infantry Battalion, Discharged at 1st Military District as medically unfit

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Biography contributed by Carol Foster

Son of Montford M. Adams and Elizabeth Adams of West Maitland, NSW

Commenced return to Australia on 29 August 1915 disembarking on the 9 September 1919

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal