John Henry Cay ADAMS

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Service Number:	79
Enlisted:	15 February 1915, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria
Last Rank:	Sapper
Last Unit:	1st Australian Wireless Squadron
Born:	Stanley, Tasmania, Australia, 1892
Home Town:	Launceston, Launceston, Tasmania
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Seaman
Memorials:

15 Feb 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 79, 21st Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria
10 May 1915:	Embarked Private, 79, 24th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ulysses, Melbourne
10 May 1915:	Involvement Private, 79, 24th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '13' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ulysses embarkation_ship_number: A38 public_note: ''
4 Oct 1916:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 1st Australian Wireless Squadron, From 21st Battalion
2 Apr 1918:	Transferred AIF WW1, Sapper, Royal Australian Signals Corps
31 Aug 1918:	Wounded AIF WW1, Sapper, Royal Australian Signals Corps, Multiple wounds shrapnel wounds to head, back and left thigh. invalided to England on the 8 September 1918
13 May 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Sapper, 79, 1st Australian Wireless Squadron, Discharged at the 6th Military District

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Son of Annie Henderson Smith formerly Adams of Wellington Road, Launceston, Tasmania

Returned to Australia on 21 January 1919aboard HT Delta

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