ABRAMOVITCH, Gershom Samuel
| Service Numbers: | 17, 3, 8805A, 3, 8805A, VX39852 |
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| Enlisted: | 12 August 1914, At Melbourne, Victoria |
| Last Rank: | Corporal |
| Last Unit: | 4th Motor Transport Company |
| Born: | St Kilda, Victoria, Australia, 30 March 1896 |
| Home Town: | Brunswick, Moreland, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Horse Driver |
| Died: | Macclesfield, Victoria, Australia, 17 September 1957, aged 61 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
| Memorials: | Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial |
World War 1 Service
| 12 Aug 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 17, Australian Naval and Military Expeditionary Force, At Melbourne, Victoria | |
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| 4 Mar 1915: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 17, Australian Naval and Military Expeditionary Force, Melbourne | |
| 16 Mar 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3, 8805A, 2nd Divisional Train, Enlisted at Victoria Issued with a new service number on joining Division Train | |
| 22 Jun 1915: | Involvement Private, 3, 4th Light Horse Brigade, Ammunition Reserve, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '22' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Vestalia embarkation_ship_number: A44 public_note: '' | |
| 22 Jun 1915: | Embarked Private, 3, 4th Light Horse Brigade, Ammunition Reserve, HMAT Vestalia, Sydney | |
| 21 Apr 1918: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 20th Infantry Battalion, From 2nd Divisional Train | |
| 24 Jul 1918: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 3, 20th Infantry Battalion | |
| 21 Sep 1918: | Promoted AIF WW1, Corporal, 20th Infantry Battalion, Appointed Lance Corporal then up graded to Corporal the same day | |
| 17 Jun 1919: | Honoured Military Medal, On the 3rd October 1918, in the attack on the Beaurevoir System, near the village of Beaurevoir East of Peronne, it was necessary to withdraw to a position which was exposed to machine gun fire. Lance Corporal Adams volunteered to deliver a despatch of great importance explaining our position to Headquarters. Although under heavy machine gun fire both going and returning, he successfully delivered the message and returned with instructions. London Gazette on 17 June 1919, page 7693, position 2 Commonwealth of Australia Gazette on 10 October 1919, page 1494, position 139 | |
| 7 Jul 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Corporal, 8805A, 20th Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 3rd Military District |
World War 2 Service
| 21 Feb 1941: | Enlisted VX39852 | |
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| 21 Feb 1941: | Enlisted VX39852, 4th Motor Transport Company, Enlisted at Royal Park, Victoria |
World War 1 Service
| 10 Apr 1941: | Embarked VX39852, 4th Motor Transport. Embarked at Sydney, NSW. Disembarked at Singapore on 24 April 1941 |
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World War 2 Service
| 15 Feb 1942: | Imprisoned Changi POW Camp | |
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| 13 Sep 1945: | Embarked VX39852, Embarked HS Manunda at Singapore for Australia via Labuan where he re-embarked HS Manoora | |
| 17 Dec 1945: | Discharged VX39852, 4th Motor Transport ex-POW | |
| 1 Aug 1946: | Honoured Mention in Dispatches, Actual date unknown London Gazette on 1 August 1946, page 3922, position 31 Commonwealth of Australia Gazette on 12 September 1946, page 2475, position 31 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Enlisted for WW1 underalias of Geroge Harold Adams.
On 25 February 1920 he signed a Statutory Declaration form stating that he had served during WW1 under the false name of George Harold Adams and that in fact his true name was Gershom Samuel Abramovitch and that he was almost three years younger than stated on the Attestation Paper
Son of Lewis Abramovitch and Mary Bertha Lillie Abramovitch nee Dalwood of St Kilda, Victoria. Brother of Reuben Adiel Lewis Abrmovitch, Elroi David Abrmovitch, Perez Othneil Abramovitch, Adina Dorothy Abramovitch and Lily Rebecca Myrtle Abramovitch
Husband of Lucy Millicent Isabel Abramovitch. Gershom and Lucy married in Victoria during 1923
Commenced return to Australia on 9 April 1919 aboard HT Warwickhire
WW1 Medals: Military Medal, 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
WW2 Medals_n1939-45 Star, Pacific Star, Defence Medal, War Medal, Australian Service Medal
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