Richard Charles ADAMS

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Service Number:	5471
Enlisted:	30 March 1916, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	14th Infantry Battalion
Born:	London, England, 1890
Home Town:	Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Labourer
Memorials:	Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial

30 Mar 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 5471, 5th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria
3 Jul 1916:	Involvement Private, 5471, 5th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '8' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ayrshire embarkation_ship_number: A33 public_note: ''
3 Jul 1916:	Embarked Private, 5471, 5th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ayrshire, Melbourne
8 Oct 1916:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 14th Infantry Battalion, From 5th Battalion
11 Apr 1917:	Imprisoned Interred in the Lumberg POW Camp, Germany
11 May 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 5471, 14th Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 3rd Military District

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Address at the time of enlistment was 63 Little Bourke Street, Melbourne, Victoria

Next of kin given as his sister Kate Adams of 34 Norah Street, Bethel Green, London, England

Commenced return to Australia 9 Febraury 1919 aboard HMAT Ascanius disembarking on the 3 April 1919

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal