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ADAMSON, Dudley Playford
| Service Numbers: | 5877, 20835 |
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| Enlisted: | 17 August 1915, Adelaide, South Australia |
| Last Rank: | Sapper |
| Last Unit: | 1st Signal Squadron |
| Born: | Tanunda, South Australia, 14 October 1895 |
| Home Town: | Croydon, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Telegraphist |
| Died: | Cancer, Croydon, South Australia, 22 June 1962, aged 66 years |
| Cemetery: |
Mitcham Cemetery, S.A. Mitcham General Cemetery Mitcham City, South Australia |
| Memorials: | Adelaide Officers of S.A. Post, Telegraph and Telephone Department Great War Roll of Honor, Auburn Primary School WW1 Honor Roll, Port Wakefield Bowmans Methodist Church & District WW1 Roll of Honour, Riverton Methodist Church Honour Roll WW1, Riverton Pictorial Honour Board |
World War 1 Service
| 17 Aug 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 5877, Adelaide, South Australia | |
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| 16 Apr 1916: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 5877, m/u | |
| 27 Aug 1917: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 20835, Adelaide, South Australia | |
| 19 Dec 1917: | Involvement AIF WW1, Sapper, 20835, 1st to 5th Divisional Signal Companies, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Ulysses embarkation_ship_number: A38 public_note: '' | |
| 19 Dec 1917: | Embarked AIF WW1, Sapper, 20835, 1st to 5th Divisional Signal Companies, HMAT Ulysses, Sydney | |
| 11 Nov 1918: | Involvement Sapper, 20835 | |
| 3 Sep 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Sapper, 20835, 1st Signal Squadron |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Paula Bartsch
Dudley Playford Adamson enlisted twice for service. On 17 August 1915 he was at the Signal School, as a Signaller with 81st Infantry, but was discharged as medically unfit on 16 April 1916.
Undeterred he rejoined on 27 August 1917 with the 1st to 4th Signal Troops, October 1917 Reinforcements at Adelaide, SA. The Unit embarked from Sydney, NSW on board HMAT A38 Ulysses on 19 December 1917, and serving in the Base Signals Depot and Signals Office Alexandria until August 1918 when he was transferred to the Signals Squadron Mounted Division.
Returned to Australian 3 July 1919 per HT Malta.
Dudley's father was the local Policeman at Mount Pleasant, SA, at the time of enlistment and for that reason is listed on the Presbyterian Church Honor Board.
Dudley was the first volunteer from the Northern Territory to join and was a telegraphist at the Overland Telegraph Station at Alice Springs when he enlisted. He was the first Postmaster of Alice Springs in 1932 and Alice Springs first RSL President.
(Information courtesy of Bill Adamson, son of Dudley Adamson)
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