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ADAMS, Charles Robert
Personal Details
| Service Numbers: | 1815, 1815A |
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| Enlisted: | 31 January 1916, Enlisted at Perth, WA |
| Last Rank: | Sapper |
| Last Unit: | 4th Pioneer Battalion |
| Born: | Perth, Western Australia, 1878 |
| Home Town: | Fremantle, Fremantle, Western Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Bricklayer |
| Died: | Prahran, Victoria, Australia, 27 August 1934, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
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Service History
World War 1 Service
| 31 Jan 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1815, 3rd Pioneer Battalion, Enlisted at Perth, WA | |
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| 19 Apr 1916: | Promoted AIF WW1, Sapper, 3rd Pioneer Battalion | |
| 28 Jul 1916: | Involvement Private, 1815, 3rd Pioneer Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '5' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Themistocles embarkation_ship_number: A32 public_note: '' | |
| 28 Jul 1916: | Embarked Private, 1815, 3rd Pioneer Battalion, HMAT Themistocles, Melbourne | |
| 19 Nov 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Sapper, 4th Pioneer Battalion, In the field from the 3rd Pioneer Battalion. Letter'A' added to his service number on 4 January 1917 due to duplication of number | |
| 17 Sep 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Sapper, 1815A, 4th Pioneer Battalion, Discharged at the 5th Military District |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of Henry Adams and Alice Adams nee Smith of WA
Husband of Maud Adams nee Ross. Charles and Maud married in Femantle, WA during 1900. Father of Georgina Alice May Adams of Cannington Street, East Fremantle, WA and Eileen Maud Adams. Georgina was given as next of kin as Maud's address was not known
Commenced return to Australia on 21 June 1919 aboard HT Konigin Louise
Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal