Thomas Henry ADAMS

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ADAMS, Thomas Henry

Service Number:	699
Enlisted:	25 August 1914, Morphettville, South Australia
Last Rank:	Lance Corporal
Last Unit:	10th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Lambeth, London, England, date not yet discovered
Home Town:	Port Pirie, Port Pirie City and Dists, South Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Labourer
Memorials:

World War 1 Service

25 Aug 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Morphettville, South Australia
20 Oct 1914:	Involvement AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 699, 10th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Ascanius embarkation_ship_number: A11 public_note: ''
20 Oct 1914:	Embarked AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 699, 10th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ascanius, Adelaide
14 Jan 1918:	Discharged AIF WW1
Date unknown:	Wounded 699, 10th Infantry Battalion
Date unknown:	Involvement 10th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières

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Biography

Father ___ and Mother ___

Wife Mrs Sally Adams, living at c/o Mrs Fry, Aldine House, Bedwell Road, Belvedere, Kent, England.

15/1/1918 Mrs Sally Adams, living at Florence Street, Port Pirie, South Australia.

Children: Elsie Ellen Adams & Minnie Adams, living at Florence Street, Port Pirie, SA.

Previous service:
8 years with colours, 3rd Battalion, Worcestershire Regiment
4 years in the Reserves

Prior to embarking he lived at Third Street, Port Pirie, South Australia.

Described on enlisting as 31 years 6 months old; married; 5' 7" tall; 134 lbs; sallow complexion;
dark grey-blue eyes; brown hair; faint tattoo marks on both forearms; Church of England

20/8/1914 completed medical at Port Pirie, South Australia

25/8/1914 Enlisted at Morphettville, South Australia

25/8/1914 Commanding Officer appointed Thomas to F Company, at Morphettville Camp

9/10/1914 appointed Lance Corporal

20/10/1914 Embarked from Outer Harbour, Port Adelaide, on board HMAT Ascanius A11
as a Lance Corporal, F Company, 10th Infantry Battalion

31/10/1915 sick with dysentry - Gallipoli
7/11/1915         admitted to No.3 Australian General Hospital, Cairo
8/11/1915         admitted to No.2 Auxillary Convalescent Depot, Heliopolis
22/11/1915       transferred to Duty

7/2/1916 rejoined 10th Infantry Battalion

1/3/1916 promoted to Corporal

27/3/1916 embarked at Alexandria to join British Expeditionary Forces
3/4/1916 disembarked into Marseilles, France

6/6/1916 Gun shot wound left arm, received in action in France
admitted to No. 3 Australian Field Ambulance

8/6/1916 embarked on board HT Cambria at Boulogne, France for England

14/7/1916        admitted to Australian Auxillary Hospital, No. 1 Harefield
17/7/1916        transferred to Woodcote Park Hospital, Epsom
21/8/1916        discharged from Hospital, Perham Downs

28/8/1916 taken on strength of No.1 Command Depot

22/9/1916 proceeding overseas to France
3/10/1916 rejoined 10th Infantry Battalion in the field

7/11/1916 2nd - Gun shot wound to buttock, received in action in the field, France
10/11/1916 admitted 10th General Hospital, Rouen, France

14/11/1916 embarked on board HS Asturias, from Havre, France
15/11/1916 admitted 1st Birmingham War Hospital, England

2/1/1917 Gun Shot Wound Left Buttock
admitted to 3rd Auxillary Hospital, Dartford, England

19/1-3/2/'17 granted leave

3rd Training Battalion, Folkestone

25/2/1917 proceeded overseas to France, on board SS Golden Eagle, ex England
4/3/1917 rejoined unit

6/4/1917 admitted barb wire wounds to hospital, Bullecourt

20/5/1917         embarked on board HS Newhaven at Calais, France for England
                        admitted Hoxton (County of London) War Hospital at Epsom
                        old wound thigh adentis and debility

5/11/1917       returned to Australia on board HMAT A32 Thermistocles, ex England
                        with wound to leg and thrombosis, ex England
                        as a Corporal in 10th Infantry Battalion
27/12/1917        disembarked into Adelaide, South Australia

14/1/1918 discharged from service in AIF

Medals:
1914-15 Star (403); British War Medal (671); Victory Medal (672)

23/3/1920        advised AIF that he was returning to his wife and children, living at:
                       228 Adams Avenue
                       Huntington, West Virginia, USA

passed away
buried in:

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