ADAMS, Gerald Robert Lloyd
| Service Numbers: | Officer, NX471 |
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| Enlisted: | 1 January 1918 |
| Last Rank: | Lieutenant Colonel |
| Last Unit: | Australian Flying Corps (AFC) |
| Born: | New Norfolk, Tas., 5 January 1898 |
| Home Town: | Duntroon, Australian Capital Territory |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Soldier |
| Died: | 6 January 1990, aged 92 years, cause of death not yet discovered, place of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
| Memorials: | Hobart Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 1 Jan 1918: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Lieutenant, Officer, 36th Heavy Artillery Group | |
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| 28 Feb 1918: | Involvement Lieutenant, Australian Flying Corps (AFC), --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '24' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Nestor embarkation_ship_number: A71 public_note: '' | |
| 28 Feb 1918: | Embarked Lieutenant, Australian Flying Corps (AFC), HMAT Nestor, Melbourne |
World War 2 Service
| 26 Mar 1940: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Lieutenant Colonel, NX471 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
Son Gerald Adrain R ADAMS and Charlotte M Bulter nee LLOYD
Adams entered the Royal Military College, Duntroon in February 1915 and graduated at the end of 1917 when he was commissioned as a Lieutenant in a Special Draft of RMC graduates which arrived in England in April 1918. He joined the 2nd Siege Battery two weeks before the end of the war. He served in World War 2 as a Lieutenant Colonel with the 2/9 Field Regiment.
Promotions
1940-04-26 Lieutenant-Colonel
1942-04-06 Temporary Brigadier
1942-11-18 Relinquishes the Temporary rank of Brigadier
1947-04-27 Granted the Honorary rank of Brigadier
Service
1940-04-26 – 1940-06-30 Commanding Officer 2nd Light Artillery Training Regiment
1940-07-01 – 1942-04-05 Commanding Officer 2nd/9th Australian Field Artillery Regiment
1942-04-06 – 1942-11-18 Commander Royal Artillery, 7th Australian Infantry Division
1942-11-19 – 1943-02-09 Member of the W.E. Committee, Army Headquarters
1943-02-10 – 1946-01-06 Chairman of the W.E. Committee, Army Headquarters
1946-01-07 – 1946-03-15 General staff Officer 1, Directorate of Staff Duties, Army Headquarters
1947-04-26 Retired
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