William Pitt ADAMS MID

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Service Number:	1060
Enlisted:	23 September 1914, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria
Last Rank:	Captain
Last Unit:	6th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Bournemouth, England, 23 October 1886
Home Town:	Somerville, Mornington Peninsula, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Orchardist
Died:	Victoria, Australia, 14 August 1972, aged 85 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Springvale Botanical Cemetery, Melbourne Cremated on 17 August 1972. Ashes collected
Memorials:	Hastings Somerville District Roll of Honour

23 Sep 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1060, 5th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria
21 Oct 1914:	Involvement Private, 1060, 5th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '8' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Orvieto embarkation_ship_number: A3 public_note: ''
21 Oct 1914:	Embarked Private, 1060, 5th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Orvieto, Melbourne
2 May 1915:	Promoted AIF WW1, Company Sergeant Major, 5th Infantry Battalion, At Gallipoli
9 May 1915:	Promoted AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, 5th Infantry Battalion, At Gallipoli
14 May 1915:	Transferred AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 6th Infantry Battalion, At Gallipoli. From 5th Battalion
11 Jul 1915:	Wounded AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, 6th Infantry Battalion, Gunshot wound to the right arm
13 Dec 1915:	Promoted AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 6th Infantry Battalion
20 Oct 1916:	Promoted AIF WW1, Captain, 6th Infantry Battalion, In the field
20 Sep 1917:	Honoured Mention in Dispatches, Fine powers of organisation and administration as Company Commander during period Feburary-September 1917 London Gazette on 28 December 1917, page 13565, position 90 Commonwealth of Australia Gazette on 18 April 1918, page 843, position 20
21 Sep 1917:	Wounded AIF WW1, Captain, 6th Infantry Battalion, Second occasion. Bullet wound to the head and transferred to England on the 26 September 1917
7 Jun 1918:	Wounded AIF WW1, Captain, 6th Infantry Battalion, Third occasion. Gassed
14 Sep 1920:	Discharged AIF WW1, Captain, 6th Infantry Battalion

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Next of kin originally given as G. Adams of Maslmsbury, Paark Road, Bournemouth, England

Husband of Maruerite Mina of Park Road, Bournemouth, England

Commenced return to Australia on 22 August 1919 aboard HT Anchises disembarking on the 8 October 1919

In 1967 William was residing in Moonee Ponds, Victoria

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

Previously saw service in England with the Hampshire Regiment