Frederick Bede ADAMS

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Service Number:	151
Enlisted:	10 February 1915, Enlisted at Liverpool, NSW
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	3rd Infantry Battalion
Born:	Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 1893
Home Town:	Paddington, Woollahra, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Painter
Died:	Paddington, New South Wales, Australia, 26 June 1950, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Macquarie Park Cemetery & Crematorium, North Ryde, New South Wales Roman Catholic Portion, Row H18, Grave 0042
Memorials:

10 Feb 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 151, 19th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Liverpool, NSW
25 Jun 1915:	Involvement Private, 151, 19th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '13' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ceramic embarkation_ship_number: A40 public_note: ''
25 Jun 1915:	Embarked Private, 151, 19th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ceramic, Melbourne
4 Aug 1916:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 151, Shell shock
26 Aug 1916:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 151, 19th Infantry Battalion, Shell shock and remained on duty
24 Sep 1916:	Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 19th Infantry Battalion, In France
31 Oct 1916:	Promoted AIF WW1, Corporal, 19th Infantry Battalion, In the field
14 Nov 1916:	Wounded AIF WW1, Corporal, 151, 19th Infantry Battalion, Wound to the right buttock
25 Apr 1917:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 61st Infantry Battalion , From 19th Battalion. Rank reduce back to Private after Court Martial for being AWOL
14 Oct 1917:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 19th Infantry Battalion, From the 61st Battalion
28 May 1918:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 151, 19th Infantry Battalion, Fourth occasion. Gassed and invalided to England on 4 June 1918
21 Nov 1918:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 3rd Infantry Battalion, From 19th Battalion
9 Jul 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 151, 3rd Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 2nd Military District

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Son of Arthur John Adams and Delia Adams nee Freaney of 220 Oxford Street, Paddington, NSW

Commenced return to Australia on 17 May 1919 aboard HT City of Boonah disembarking on 12 June 1919

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