Samuel Hugh ADAMS

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Service Number:	2685
Enlisted:	21 October 1916, Enlisted at Brisbane, QLD
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	41st Infantry Battalion
Born:	Antrim, Ireland, 1891
Home Town:	Toogoolawah, Somerset, Queensland
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Queensland, Australia, 1 August 1979, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Not yet discovered
Memorials:	Esk War Memorial, Toogoolawah War Memorial

21 Oct 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2685, 41st Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Brisbane, QLD
17 Nov 1916:	Involvement Private, 2685, 41st Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '18' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Kyarra embarkation_ship_number: A55 public_note: ''
17 Nov 1916:	Embarked Private, 2685, 41st Infantry Battalion, HMAT Kyarra, Brisbane
31 Jul 1917:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 2685, 41st Infantry Battalion, Shrapnel wound to the left leg and invalided to England on 4 August 1917
25 Nov 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 2685, 41st Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 1st Military District

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Son of Hugh Adams and Mary Adams nee McCracken of Ballymena, County Antrim, Ireland

On 16 October 1922 Samuel married Nellie Dorothy Pretoria White in QLD

Commenced return to Australia on 19 August 1919 aboard HT Ajana disembarking on 9 October 1919 at Sydney for onward travel to Briisbane

Medals: British WAr Medal, Victory Medal