Reginald Carswell ADAMS

ADAMS, Reginald Carswell

Service Number: 151
Enlisted: 26 July 1915, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria
Last Rank: Corporal
Last Unit: Army Medical Corps (AIF)
Born: Parkside, South Australia, 8 January 1886
Home Town: Malvern East, Stonnington, Victoria
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Clerk
Died: Bairnsdale, Victoria, Australia, 1963, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery: Not yet discovered
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World War 1 Service

26 Jul 1915: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 151, 29th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria
10 Nov 1915: Involvement Private, 151, 29th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '16' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ascanius embarkation_ship_number: A11 public_note: ''
10 Nov 1915: Embarked Private, 151, 29th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ascanius, Melbourne
12 Oct 1916: Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 151, 29th Infantry Battalion, Multiple shell wounds including both hands, right knee and left hip. Invalided to England from Boulonge on 14 October 1916
4 May 1917: Transferred Private, Army Medical Corps (AIF), From 29th Battalion
14 Nov 1917: Promoted AIF WW1, Corporal, Army Medical Corps (AIF), In England
5 Dec 1919: Discharged AIF WW1, Corporal, 151, Army Medical Corps (AIF), Discharged at the 3rd Military District

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Biography contributed by Carol Foster

Son of William Carswell Adams and Alice Adams nee Tremlett of Central Park Road, Malvern East, Victoria. Brother of William Frank Archibald Adams, Ellen Millicent Adams and Elsie Tremlett Adams

Commenced return to Australia on 8 August 1918 aboard HT Katoomba disembarking on the 22 September 1919

During 1920 Reginald married Frances Evelyn Jones in Victoria

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