Percy ADAMS

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Service Number:	6211
Enlisted:	9 June 1916, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	7th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Melbourne Victoria, Australia, 1898
Home Town:	Fitzroy, Yarra, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Heidelberg, Victoria, 9 January 1969, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Fawkner Memorial Park Cemetery, Victoria Roman Catholic Section U, Grave 17808 Service held on 13 January 1969
Memorials:

9 Jun 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 6211, 7th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria
11 Sep 1916:	Involvement Private, 6211, 7th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '9' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Euripides embarkation_ship_number: A14 public_note: ''
11 Sep 1916:	Embarked Private, 6211, 7th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Euripides, Melbourne
26 Oct 1917:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 6211, 7th Infantry Battalion, Shell wound to the head fracturing his skull
15 Aug 1918:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 6211, 7th Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 3rd Military District as medically unfit due to severe head wound

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Son of James Adams and Nell Adams nee Westerbeck of 34 Tait Street, North Fitzroy, Victoria

Commenced return to Australia on 12 May 1918 aboard HT Rankine disembarking at Sydney on 5 JUly 1918 for onward travel to Melbourne, Victoria

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal