Thomas George ADAMS MID

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Service Numbers:	12, 12A
Enlisted:	6 February 1915, Enlisted at Cairns, QLD
Last Rank:	Sergeant
Last Unit:	9th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Mooltan, India, 1892
Home Town:	Tolga, Tablelands, Queensland
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Farmer
Memorials:

6 Feb 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 12, 25th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Cairns, QLD
29 Jun 1915:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 12, 25th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '15' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Aeneas embarkation_ship_number: A60 public_note: ''
29 Jun 1915:	Embarked Private, 12, 25th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Aeneas, Brisbane
17 Sep 1916:	Honoured Mention in Dispatches, For consistent good work as runner to Battalion light gun Section, March-September 1916 and for special bravery on 4-5 August 1916. London Gazette on 4 January 1917, page 255, position 117 Commonwealth of Australia Gazette on 29 June 1917, page 1393, position 42
19 Jul 1917:	Promoted AIF WW1, Corporal, 25th Infantry Battalion
4 Oct 1917:	Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Sergeant, 25th Infantry Battalion
25 Dec 1917:	Promoted AIF WW1, Sergeant, 25th Infantry Battalion
13 Jun 1918:	Wounded AIF WW1, Sergeant, 12, 25th Infantry Battalion, Gunshot wound to the upper left arm
7 Oct 1918:	Transferred AIF WW1, 9th Infantry Battalion, From 25th Battalion. Letter A added to his service number now 12A
26 Jul 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Sergeant, 12A, 9th Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 1st Military District

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Son of George Adams of 'Kairi', Tolga, QLD

Commenced return to Australia on 8 April 1919 aboard Trasoz-Montes disembarking on the 27 May 1919

Medals: Mention in Dispatches Leaf, 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal