Sydney Leopold ADAMS

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Service Number:	4353
Enlisted:	15 December 1915, Enlisted at Sydney, NSW
Last Rank:	Sergeant
Last Unit:	17th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Dulwich, South Australia, 7 December 1896
Home Town:	Kogarah, Sydney, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Laundry Carter
Died:	Burwood, New South Wales, Australia, 1968, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Not yet discovered
Memorials:

15 Dec 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 4353, 19th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Sydney, NSW
9 Apr 1916:	Involvement Private, 4353, 19th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '13' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Nestor embarkation_ship_number: A71 public_note: ''
9 Apr 1916:	Embarked Private, 4353, 19th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Nestor, Sydney
14 Nov 1916:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 4353, 19th Infantry Battalion, Gunshot wound to the right thigh. Embarked for England on 20 November 1916
4 Jul 1918:	Promoted AIF WW1, Corporal, 19th Infantry Battalion, In France. Had been acting Corporal for almost 12 months
8 Oct 1918:	Promoted AIF WW1, Sergeant, 19th Infantry Battalion, In France
11 Oct 1918:	Transferred AIF WW1, Sergeant, 17th Infantry Battalion, From 19th Battalion
31 Oct 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Sergeant, 4353, 17th Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 2nd Military District

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Son of Septimus Henry Adams and Sarah Jane Adams nee Lang of 'Leigham', Clareville Avenue, Kogarah, NSW formerly of Annandale, NSW

During 1921 Sydney married Winifred Pearson in the Ashfield area, NSW

Commenced return to Australia on 9 July 1919 aboard HT Prinz Ludwig disembarking on the 8 September 1919

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

Previously served in the Militia until enlisting