Arthur Thomas ADAMS

ADAMS, Arthur Thomas

Service Number: 7084
Enlisted: 4 July 1916, Enlisted at Bathurst, NSW
Last Rank: Private
Last Unit: 4th Infantry Battalion
Born: Gulgong, New South Wales, 1895
Home Town: Cudgegong, Mid-Western Regional, New South Wales
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Labourer
Memorials: Goolma Community Honour Roll, Gulgong Beryl Public School WW1 Roll of Honour, Gulgong District Soliders Memorial, Gulgong and Mudgee District Roll of Honor
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World War 1 Service

4 Jul 1916: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 7084, 4th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Bathurst, NSW
11 Nov 1916: Involvement Private, 7084, 4th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '8' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Suevic embarkation_ship_number: A29 public_note: ''
11 Nov 1916: Embarked Private, 7084, 4th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Suevic, Sydney
30 Jan 1917: Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 1st Infantry Battalion, From 4th Battalion at Larkhill, England
15 May 1917: Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 4th Infantry Battalion, Taken on strength in France
6 Nov 1917: Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 7084, 4th Infantry Battalion, Gunshot wound to the face, right eye. Invalided to England on 9 November 1917
19 May 1918: Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 7084, 4th Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 2nd Military District as wounded; Gunshot wound to the face causing blindness in the right eye

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Biography contributed by Carol Foster

Son of John T. Adams and Annie Cunningham formerly Adams of Cudgebegong, NSW

Commenced return to Australia on 31 January 1918 aboard HT Osterley disembarking 16 April 1918

Mwdals: British War Medal, Victory Medal