Valancy Arthur ADAMS

ADAMS, Valancy Arthur

Service Number: 2028
Enlisted: 29 March 1916, Enlisted at Temora, NSW
Last Rank: Private
Last Unit: 35th Infantry Battalion
Born: Goulburn, New South Wales, Australia, 1890
Home Town: Temora, Temora Municipality, New South Wales
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Carpenter
Died: Newtown, New South Wales, Australia, 28 July 1971, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery: Northern Suburbs Memorial Gardens and Crematorium, NSW
Terrace 2, Wall 19 Commemorated with a plaque in the NSW Garden of Remembrance
Memorials: Temora WW1 War Memorial
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World War 1 Service

29 Mar 1916: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2028, 35th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Temora, NSW
24 Aug 1916: Involvement Private, 2028, 35th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '17' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Anchises embarkation_ship_number: A68 public_note: ''
24 Aug 1916: Embarked Private, 2028, 35th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Anchises, Sydney
4 Apr 1918: Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 2028, 35th Infantry Battalion, Wound to the upper right arm and invalided to England on the 7 April 1918
4 Aug 1919: Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 2028, 35th Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 2nd Military District as medically unfit

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Biography contributed by Carol Foster

Son of George E. Adams and Mary Bethal Adams of 43 Avoca Street, Bondi, NSW

Commenced return to Australia on 1 April 1919 aboard HT Shropshire disembarking on the 17 May 1919

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

Previously served in the Senior Cadets