Walter Adams (Boss Gunner, Wacky) COXEN CB CMG DSO MID***

Walter Adams (Boss Gunner, Wacky) COXEN CB CMG DSO MID*** Update Details

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Service Numbers:	Not yet discovered
Enlisted:	Not yet discovered
Last Rank:	Not yet discovered
Last Unit:	Siege Artillery Brigade
Born:	Egham, Surrey, England, 22 June 1870
Home Town:	Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria
Schooling:	Toowoomba Grammar School and Brisbane Grammar School, Queensland, Australia
Occupation:	Army Officer
Died:	Repatriation General Hospital, Heidelberg, Victoria, Australia., 15 December 1949, aged 79 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Springvale Botanical Cemetery, Melbourne Pittosporum, Wall 2A, Niche 658
Memorials:

17 Jul 1915:	Involvement Siege Artillery Brigade, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '4' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Orsova embarkation_ship_number: A67 public_note: ''
17 Jul 1915:	Embarked Siege Artillery Brigade, HMAT Orsova, Melbourne
29 Dec 1916:	Honoured Companion of the Distinguished Service Order
20 Jan 1917:	Honoured Mention in Dispatches
28 Dec 1917:	Honoured Mention in Dispatches
1 Jan 1918:	Honoured Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George

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