Leslie Wield ADAMS

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Service Number:	22237
Enlisted:	7 January 1916, Enlisted at Marybynnong, Victoria
Last Rank:	Gunner
Last Unit:	4th Field Artillery Brigade
Born:	Sandy Bay, Tasmania, Australia, 1898
Home Town:	Sandy Bay, Hobart, Tasmania
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Clerk
Died:	Heidelberg, Victoria, Australia, 30 March 1969, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Springvale Botanical Cemetery, Melbourne
Memorials:	Hobart Roll of Honour

7 Jan 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Gunner, 22237, 23rd Field Artillery (Howitzer) Brigade, Enlisted at Marybynnong, Victoria
20 May 1916:	Involvement Gunner, 22237, 23rd Field Artillery (Howitzer) Brigade, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '4' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Medic embarkation_ship_number: A7 public_note: ''
20 May 1916:	Embarked Gunner, 22237, 23rd Field Artillery (Howitzer) Brigade, HMAT Medic, Melbourne
24 Mar 1917:	Transferred AIF WW1, Gunner, 2nd Divisional Ammunition Column, In France
2 Apr 1917:	Transferred AIF WW1, Gunner, 4th Field Artillery Brigade, From 2nd Divisional Ammunition Column
21 Mar 1918:	Wounded AIF WW1, Gunner, 22237, 4th Field Artillery Brigade, Gassed-severe
12 Feb 1920:	Discharged AIF WW1, Gunner, 22237, 4th Field Artillery Brigade, Discharged 6th Military District

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Address at the time of enlistment was 34 Grosvenor Street, Sandy Bay, Tasmania

Son of Andrew Wield Adams and Jane Adams of 119 MacQuarie Street, Hobart, Tasmania

During 1923 Leslie married Catherine Milmore Heatley in Victoria

Commenced return to Australia 1 November 1919 about HT Nestor disembaking on the 15 December 1919

Medal: British War Medal, Victory Medal

Previously served in the Naval Cadets