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ADAMS, Rockey (Vincent Edward)
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 2551 |
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| Enlisted: | 9 June 1915, Enlisted at Liverpool, NSW |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 45th Infantry Battalion (WW1) |
| Born: | Plymouth, England, 1893 |
| Home Town: | Milsons Point, North Sydney, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Clerk |
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Service History
World War 1 Service
| 9 Jun 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2551, 4th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Liverpool, NSW | |
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| 9 Aug 1915: | Involvement Private, 2551, 4th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '8' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Runic embarkation_ship_number: A54 public_note: '' | |
| 9 Aug 1915: | Embarked Private, 2551, 4th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Runic, Sydney | |
| 2 May 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 45th Infantry Battalion (WW1), From 4th Battalion | |
| 12 Feb 1918: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 2551, 45th Infantry Battalion (WW1), Gunshot wounds to the right leg and hand | |
| 23 Apr 1921: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 2551, 45th Infantry Battalion (WW1), Discharged at the 2nd Military District as medically unfit |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Real name Vincent Edward Adams. A document in his record states that he served in the Royal Australian Navy from 1912 to early 1915 when he illegally transferred himself to the AIF
Address at the time of enlistment was 23 Broughton Street, Milsons Point, NSW
Son of Henry James Adams of Everett Clear & Hayward, 18 Charing Cross Road, London, England
Commenced return to Australia on 14 December 1918 aboard HT Burma disembarking on the 29 January 1919
Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Previously served in the Wimbledon College Cadets