William John ADAMS

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Service Number:	5029
Enlisted:	18 January 1916, Enlisted at Mellbourne, Victoria
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	59th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Dromana, Victoria, Australia, 1894
Home Town:	Dromana, Mornington Peninsula, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Labourer
Memorials:	Dromana War Memorial

18 Jan 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 5029, 5th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Mellbourne, Victoria
1 Apr 1916:	Involvement Private, 5029, 5th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '8' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Suffolk embarkation_ship_number: A23 public_note: ''
1 Apr 1916:	Embarked Private, 5029, 5th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Suffolk, Melbourne
27 Jun 1916:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 60th Infantry Battalion, From 5th Battalion
9 Apr 1918:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 5029, 60th Infantry Battalion, Gassed and invalided to England on 16 April 1918
25 Sep 1918:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 59th Infantry Battalion, From 60th Battalion
12 Oct 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 5029, 59th Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 3rd Military District

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Next of kin given as his grandmother Freda Adams of Dromana, Victoria

Husband of Annie Adams of Howey, England

Commenced return to Australia on 5 July 1919 aboard HT Port Melbourne disembarking on the 20 August 1919

In 1931 William was living in the Caulfield, Victoria

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal