Lancelot William ADAMS

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ADAMS, Lancelot William

Service Numbers:	449, 1126
Enlisted:	11 August 1914
Last Rank:	Lance Sergeant
Last Unit:	17th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Tumbarumba, New South Wales, Australia, 1889
Home Town:	Paddington, Woollahra, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Fireman
Died:	Concord, New South Wales, Australia, 1948, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Not yet discovered
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World War 1 Service

11 Aug 1914:	Enlisted Australian Naval & Military Expeditionary Forces (New Guinea 1914), Private, 449, 1st Infantry Battalion, Naval and Military Forces - Special Tropical Corps
19 Aug 1914:	Involvement Private, 449, 1st Infantry Battalion, Naval and Military Forces - Special Tropical Corps, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '21' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Berrima embarkation_ship_number: A35 public_note: ''
19 Aug 1914:	Embarked Private, 449, 1st Infantry Battalion, Naval and Military Forces - Special Tropical Corps, HMAT Berrima, Melbourne
18 Jan 1915:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 449, 3rd Infantry Battalion, Naval and Military Forces - Special Tropical Corps , Time served
16 Feb 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Corporal, 1126, 17th Infantry Battalion, Re-enlisted at Sydney, NSW
12 May 1915:	Involvement Corporal, 1126, 17th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '12' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Themistocles embarkation_ship_number: A32 public_note: ''
12 May 1915:	Embarked Corporal, 1126, 17th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Themistocles, Sydney
24 Oct 1915:	Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Sergeant, 17th Infantry Battalion
28 Jan 1916:	Involvement AIF WW1, Sergeant, 1126, 17th Infantry Battalion
2 May 1916:	Discharged AIF WW1, Lance Sergeant, 1126, 17th Infantry Battalion, Discharged at 2nd Military District as medically unfit debility following Malaria

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Biography contributed by Carol Foster

Son of Joseph James Adams and Levinia Rachel Adams of 45 Elizabeth Street, Paddington, NSW.

Husband if Alice M.E. Adams nee Bryans. Lancelot and Alice married in the Albury area, NSW. Father of Albury James Adams, Lancelot Willam Adams and Ervan Grange Adams

Commenced return to Australia on 28 January 1916 disembarnking on 10 March 1916 aboard HT Kanowna

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

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