Richard Alfred ADAMS

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Service Number:	4823
Enlisted:	15 December 1915, Enlisted at Liverpool, NSW
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	17th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Woollahra, New South Wales, Australia, 1879
Home Town:	Gloucester, Gloucester Shire, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Gardener
Died:	Callan Park, Lilyfield, New South Wales, Australia, 12 November 1953, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Not yet discovered
Memorials:

15 Dec 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 4823, 19th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Liverpool, NSW
13 Apr 1916:	Involvement Private, 4823, 19th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '13' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Ceramic embarkation_ship_number: A40 public_note: ''
13 Apr 1916:	Embarked Private, 4823, 19th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ceramic, Sydney
11 Oct 1918:	Transferred Private, 17th Infantry Battalion, From 19th Battalion
16 Nov 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 4823, 17th Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 2nd Military District

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Son of Alfred Tolbet Adams and Catheerine Mary Adams of Woollahra, NSW

Next of kin given as his brother Ernest Leo Adams of Gloucester, NSW

On th 14 March 1918 he was thought to have self inflicted a gun wound to the left leg in the vicinity of his ankle

Returned to Australia on 24 October 1919 aboard HT Euripides

In late 1946 he was residing in the Wagga Wagga area, NSW

Not eligible for medals