Michael (Mick) ADAMS

Michael (Mick) ADAMS Update Details

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Service Number:	1129
Enlisted:	26 March 1915, Enlisted at Liverpool, NSW
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	20th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Fife, Scotland, 1871
Home Town:	Granville, Parramatta, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Insurance Agent
Died:	Burwood, New South Wales, Australia, 26 May 1953, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Rookwood Cemetery & Crematorium Commemorated with a plaque in the NSW Garden of Remembrance Roman Catholic Section M2, Row 15, Grave 3178
Memorials:

26 Mar 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1129, 20th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Liverpool, NSW
25 Jun 1915:	Involvement Private, 1129, 20th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '13' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Berrima embarkation_ship_number: A35 public_note: ''
25 Jun 1915:	Embarked Private, 1129, 20th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Berrima, Sydney
2 Oct 1915:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 1129, 20th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, Gunshot wound to the head and invalided to England
13 Sep 1916:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 1129, 20th Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 2nd Military District medically unfit due to wounding (Gunshot wound to the head)

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Attestation paper states he was 40 years when he embarked for overseas but he may have been born during 1870-71

Husband of Euhemia Wallace Adams of Louis Street, Granville, NSW

Commenced return to Australia on 11 March 1916 aboard HT Suevic

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