Francis Edgar ADAMS

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Service Number:	216
Enlisted:	17 August 1914, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	5th Infantry Battalion
Born:	South Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 1891
Home Town:	Albert Park, Port Phillip, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Boilermaker
Died:	Heidelberg, Victoria, Australia, 20 May 1974, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Not yet discovered
Memorials:

17 Aug 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 216, 5th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria
21 Oct 1914:	Involvement Private, 216, 5th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '8' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Orvieto embarkation_ship_number: A3 public_note: ''
21 Oct 1914:	Embarked Private, 216, 5th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Orvieto, Melbourne
21 Nov 1918:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 216, 5th Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 3rd Military District

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Son of Charles Henry Adams and Lillyy Ann Adams nee Durrant of 14 Anderson Street, Albert Park, Victoria

Commenced return to Australia for special transprt duty on 10 June 1918 aboard HT Matatua disembarking on the 15 August 1918

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