Charles Frederick ADAMS

ADAMS, Charles Frederick

    Service Number: 2856
    Enlisted: 24 July 1916, Enlisted at Goulburn, NSW
    Last Rank: Private
    Last Unit: 18th Infantry Battalion
    Born: Crookwell, New South Wales, Australia, 1894
    Home Town: Crookwell, Upper Lachlan Shire, New South Wales
    Schooling: Not yet discovered
    Occupation: Labourer
    Died: Germany, 16 February 1972, cause of death not yet discovered
    Cemetery: Not yet discovered
    Memorials: Crookwell War Memorial
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    World War 1 Service

    15 May 1915: Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 2856, 18th Infantry Battalion, Second occasion. Wound to the arm and wrist. Severe wound to the left arm later amputated
    24 Jul 1916: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2856, 55th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Goulburn, NSW
    25 Oct 1916: Embarked Private, 2856, 55th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ascanius, Sydney
    25 Oct 1916: Involvement Private, 2856, 55th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '19' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Ascanius embarkation_ship_number: A11 public_note: ''
    23 Mar 1917: Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 18th Infantry Battalion, From 55th Battalion
    5 May 1917: Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 2856, 18th Infantry Battalion, Gunshot wound to the left shoulder and arm. Evacuated to England on 16 May 1917
    12 Nov 1920: Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 2856, 18th Infantry Battalion, Discharged at 2nd Military District as medically unfit due to ampuatation

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    Biography contributed by Carol Foster

    Son of Henry J. Adams and Eliza J. Adams of Kialla Road, Crookwell, NSW

    Commenced return to Australia 15 September 1918 aboad HT Arawa disembarking at Melbourne on 17 November 1918 for onward travel to Sydney

    Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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