David ADAMS MM

ADAMS, David

    Service Numbers: 2580A, 2286
    Enlisted: 18 August 1915, Enlisted at Blackboy Hill, WA
    Last Rank: Lance Corporal
    Last Unit: 44th Infantry Battalion
    Born: Aberdeen, Scotland, 1876
    Home Town: North Perth, Vincent, Western Australia
    Schooling: Not yet discovered
    Occupation: Farm Manager
    Died: Western Australia, 13 November 1939, cause of death not yet discovered
    Cemetery: Not yet discovered
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    World War 1 Service

    18 Aug 1915: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2580A, 28th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Blackboy Hill, WA
    2 Nov 1915: Involvement Private, 2580A, 28th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '16' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Ulysses embarkation_ship_number: A38 public_note: ''
    2 Nov 1915: Embarked Private, 2580A, 28th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ulysses, Fremantle
    3 Mar 1916: Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 51st Infantry Battalion (WW1), From the 28th Battalion
    8 May 1916: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2286, 44th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Perth, WA
    14 Aug 1916: Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 2580A, 51st Infantry Battalion (WW1), Gunshot wound to the right arm and evacuated to England on
    13 Oct 1916: Involvement Private, 2286, 44th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '18' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Port Macquarie embarkation_ship_number: A39 public_note: ''
    13 Oct 1916: Embarked Private, 2286, 44th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Port Macquarie, Fremantle
    17 Oct 1917: Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 2286, 44th Infantry Battalion, Severe gunshot wound to the left leg and invalided t England on 24 October 1917
    28 Jan 1918: Honoured Military Medal, London Gazette on 28 January 1918, page 1402, position 3 Commonwealth of Australia Gazette on 27 June 1918, page 1389, position 6
    9 Aug 1918: Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 44th Infantry Battalion, In France
    25 Oct 1918: Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 8th Depot Unit of Supply, From 51st Battalion
    31 Dec 1919: Discharged AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 2286, 44th Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 5th Military District

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    Biography contributed by Carol Foster

    Husband of Margaret Gordon Adams nee Will of 15 Marmion Street, North Perth, WA. David and Margaret married in Fremantle, WA during 1916

    Returned to Australia on 16 November 1919 aboard Pakeha

    Medals: Military Medal, British War Medal, Victory Medal

    Served a four year Blacksmith apprenticeship with John Adams of Aberdeen, Scotland

    Biography contributed by Carol Foster

    Next of kin given as his sister Annie Shepherd nee Adams of South Bundbury, WA

    Commenced return to Australia on 3 March 1919 aboad HT Euriides disembarking on the 19 April 1919

    Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal

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