Joseph ADAMS

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Service Numbers:	1741, 1705
Enlisted:	9 January 1915, Originally issued with service number 1705 but re-issued with service number 1741 prior to embarking Enlisted at Liverpool, NSW
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	1st Infantry Battalion
Born:	Hull, England, 1879
Home Town:	Heidelberg, Banyule, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Labourer
Memorials:

9 Jan 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1741, 1st Infantry Battalion, Originally issued with service number 1705 but re-issued with service number 1741 prior to embarking Enlisted at Liverpool, NSW
10 Apr 1915:	Involvement Private, 1705, 1st Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Argyllshire embarkation_ship_number: A8 public_note: ''
10 Apr 1915:	Embarked Private, 1705, 1st Infantry Battalion, HMAT Argyllshire, Sydney
19 Jul 1915:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 1741, 1st Infantry Battalion, Shell shock
28 Apr 1916:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 1741, 1st Infantry Battalion, Discharged at 2nd Military District as medically unfit due to deafness and nerves

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Next of kin given as his brother Alphonse Adams of Cape Street, Heidelberg, Victoria

Commenced return to Australia on 7 November 1915 aboard HT Runic

In March 1947 he was residing at 70 Edward Street, Re fern, NSW

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