Hartley ADAMS

ADAMS, Hartley

Service Number: 382
Enlisted: 15 August 1914, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria
Last Rank: Private
Last Unit: 15th Field Ambulance
Born: South Yarra, Victoria, Australia, 1893
Home Town: South Yarra, Melbourne, Victoria
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Gardener
Died: Prahran, Victoria, Australia, 1967, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery: Not yet discovered
Memorials: St Martins Hawksburn HB
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World War 1 Service

15 Aug 1914: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 382, 5th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria
21 Oct 1914: Involvement Private, 382, 5th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '8' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Orvieto embarkation_ship_number: A3 public_note: ''
21 Oct 1914: Embarked Private, 382, 5th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Orvieto, Melbourne
7 May 1915: Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 382, 5th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, Shrapnel wounds to the left leg
17 Feb 1916: Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 57th Infantry Battalion, From 5th Battalion
6 Oct 1916: Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 15th Field Ambulance, From 57th Battalion
30 Sep 1918: Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 382, 15th Field Ambulance, Wound to the thigh and invalided to England on the 5 October 1918
19 Sep 1919: Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 382, 15th Field Ambulance, Discharged at the 3rd Military District as medically unfit due to wounding

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Biography contributed by Carol Foster

Son of Robert William Adams and Jessie Adams of 53 Weigall Street, South Yarra, Victoria

Returned to Australia on 16 May 1919 aboard HT Dongola

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

Also served in the Citizen Military Forces