William Robert ADAMS

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Service Number:	3021
Enlisted:	2 November 1916, Enlisted at Adelaide, SA
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	43rd Infantry Battalion
Born:	Capetown, South Africa, 1 March 1882
Home Town:	Forestville, South Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Storeman
Memorials:	Unley Town Hall WW1 Honour Board

2 Nov 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3021, 43rd Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Adelaide, SA
23 Jun 1917:	Involvement Private, 3021, 43rd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '18' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Borda embarkation_ship_number: A30 public_note: ''
23 Jun 1917:	Embarked Private, 3021, 43rd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Borda, Adelaide
26 May 1918:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 3021, 43rd Infantry Battalion, Gassed. Invalided to England on the 7 June 1918
21 Dec 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 3021, 43rd Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 4th Military District
Date unknown:	Wounded 3021, 43rd Infantry Battalion

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Comenced return to Australia on 6 September 1919 aboard HT Euripides disembarking on the 18 October 1918 at Adelaide

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

Son of George and Catherine Anna ADAMS

Appears in the Police Gazette of 1924 under "Convicted with the alias of ANDERSON"