Edward ADAMS

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Service Number:	398
Enlisted:	17 August 1914
Last Rank:	Lance Corporal
Last Unit:	58th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Melbourne Victoria, Australia, date not yet discovered
Home Town:	Hawthorn, Boroondara, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	House Decorator & Painter
Memorials:

17 Aug 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 398, 6th Infantry Battalion
19 Oct 1914:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 398, 6th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '8' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Hororata embarkation_ship_number: A20 public_note: ''
19 Oct 1914:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 398, 6th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Hororata, Melbourne
25 Apr 1915:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 398, 6th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, Wound to the buttocks on Dardanelles.
17 Feb 1916:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 58th Infantry Battalion, From the 6th Battalion at Serapeum
23 Mar 1917:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 65th Infantry Battalion, From the 58th Battalion
10 Apr 1918:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 58th Infantry Battalion, At Hurdcott
27 Sep 1918:	Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, In France. He had previously appointed L/Cpl a few years earlier but had been reduced back to Private after having disobeyed orders

Son of Emily A.F. Adams of 75 Elgin Street, Hawthorn, Victoria

Commenced return to Australia on 23 October 1918 aboard HT Port Lyttleton disembarking on the 25 December 1918

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

Prior to enlisting he served a seven year apprenticeship with Aston Partridge of Melbourne, Victoria