Charles ADAMS

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Service Numbers:	3229, 6456, 6456
Enlisted:	12 July 1915, Enlisted at Shepparton, Victoria
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	1st Infantry Battalion
Born:	St John's, Canada, 1872
Home Town:	Sydney, City of Sydney, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Labourer
Memorials:

12 Jul 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3229, 6th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Shepparton, Victoria
11 Oct 1915:	Embarked Private, 3229, 6th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Nestor, Melbourne
11 Oct 1915:	Involvement Private, 3229, 6th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '8' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Nestor embarkation_ship_number: A71 public_note: ''
3 Apr 1916:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 59th Infantry Battalion, From the 6th Battalion
17 May 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 6456, 1st Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Sydney, NSW
18 Jul 1916:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, Australian Provost Corps , From 59th Battalion
7 Oct 1916:	Embarked Private, 6456, 1st Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ceramic, Sydney
7 Oct 1916:	Involvement Private, 6456, 1st Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Ceramic embarkation_ship_number: A40 public_note: ''
6 May 1917:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 6456, 1st Infantry Battalion, Shrapnel wound to the knee joint
21 Nov 1917:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 6456, 1st Infantry Battalion, Discharged at 1st Military District as medically unfit due to wounding

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Address at thet time of enlistment was C/- Salvation Army HOme, Sydney, NSW

Next of kin given as his sister Minnie Fyfe of 25 Dudley Street, West Melbourne, Victoria

Commenced return to Australia on 27 August 1917

In 1922 he was residing at Lee Terrace, Rosewater, SA

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

Commenced return to Australia on 12 December 1918 aboard HT Nestor

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