Frank Edward ADAMS

ADAMS, Frank Edward

Service Number: 1876
Enlisted: 24 June 1915, Enlisted at Liverpool, NSW
Last Rank: Lance Sergeant
Last Unit: 17th Infantry Battalion
Born: Inverell, New South Wales, Australia, 1897
Home Town: Inverell, Inverell, New South Wales
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Mercer
Died: Manly, New South Wales, Australia, 14 December 1943, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery: Northern Suburbs Memorial Gardens and Crematorium, NSW
North Terrace, Garden39 Commemorated with a plaque in the NSW Garden of Remembrance
Memorials: Inverell & District Memorial Olympic Pool WW1 Honour Roll, Inverell Intermediate High School Roll of Honour
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World War 1 Service

24 Jun 1915: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1876, 17th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Liverpool, NSW
9 Aug 1915: Involvement Private, 1876, 17th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '12' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Runic embarkation_ship_number: A54 public_note: ''
9 Aug 1915: Embarked Private, 1876, 17th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Runic, Sydney
27 Jul 1916: Promoted AIF WW1, Corporal, 17th Infantry Battalion, In France
21 Jul 1917: Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Sergeant, 17th Infantry Battalion, In France
20 Jan 1918: Discharged AIF WW1, Lance Sergeant, 1876, 17th Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 2nd Military District as medically unfit due to Nephritis

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Biography contributed by Carol Foster

Son of Henry Adams and Elizabeth Mary Adams of 'Rosshill', Inverell, NSW

Husband of Mavis Adams nee Finney. Frank and Mavis married during 1937 at Inverell, NSW

Commenced return to Australia on 26 September 1917 aboard HT Borda disembarking at the 3rd MIlitary District on 21 November 1918 then re-embared HT Suevic on 22 November 1918 for Sydney

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

Previously served in the Senior Cadets