Gordon ADAMS

ADAMS, Gordon

    Service Numbers: 68, 6171
    Enlisted: 25 August 1914, Enlisted at Sydney, NSW
    Last Rank: Gunner
    Last Unit: Australian Corps School (AIF)
    Born: Rouchel, Aberdeen, New South Wales, Australia, 1887
    Home Town: Upper Rouchel, Upper Hunter Shire, New South Wales
    Schooling: Not yet discovered
    Occupation: Grazier
    Died: Scone, New South Wales, Australia, 15 September 1970, cause of death not yet discovered
    Cemetery: Rouchel Brook Cemetery, Upper Hunter Shire, New South Wales Australia
    Headstone inscription reads: Beyond the sunset
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    World War 1 Service

    25 Aug 1914: Enlisted AIF WW1, Sergeant, 68, 1st Light Horse Regiment, Enlisted at Sydney, NSW
    20 Oct 1914: Involvement Sergeant, 68, 1st Light Horse Regiment, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '1' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Star of Victoria embarkation_ship_number: A16 public_note: ''
    20 Oct 1914: Embarked Sergeant, 68, 1st Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Star of Victoria, Sydney
    19 Sep 1915: Enlisted AIF WW1, Gunner, 6171, 1st Divisional Ammunition Column, Enlisted at Sydney, NSW
    10 Dec 1915: Involvement Gunner, 6171, 1st Divisional Ammunition Column, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '22' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Barambah embarkation_ship_number: A37 public_note: ''
    10 Dec 1915: Embarked Gunner, 6171, 1st Divisional Ammunition Column, HMAT Barambah, Melbourne
    7 Mar 1916: Transferred AIF WW1, Gunner, 3rd Field Artillery Brigade , From the 1st Divisional Ammunition Column
    15 May 1916: Transferred AIF WW1, Gunner, 21st Field Artillery (Howitzer) Brigade, From 3rd Field Artillery Brigade
    11 Jun 1916: Transferred AIF WW1, Sergeant, 1st Signal Squadron, From 1st Light Horse Regiment
    11 Nov 1916: Transferred AIF WW1, Australian Corps School (AIF), From 21 Field Artillery Brigade
    16 Sep 1917: Promoted AIF WW1, Squadron Sergeant Major, 1st Signal Squadron
    5 Jul 1919: Discharged AIF WW1, Gunner, 6171, Australian Corps School (AIF), Discharged 2nd Military District as medically unfit

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    Biography contributed by Carol Foster

    Address at the time of enlistment was Royal Military College, Duntroon, ACT

    Next of kin given as hs brother Robert Adams of 39 Sackivlle Street, Lancashire, England. Also brother of Alfred Adams and Thirza Adams both of Lancashire, England 

    Commenced return to Australia on 3 July 1919 aboard HT Malta disembarking on the 10 August 1919

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

    Previously served in the 5th Dragoon Guards for about eighteen years

    Biography contributed by Carol Foster

    Son of Frederick Adams and Elizabeth Adams of Upper Rouchell, Aberdeen, NSW

    Commenced return to Australia on 25 March 1919 aboard HT Port Denison disembarking on 13 May 1919

    Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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