Silas Cecil ADAMS

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ADAMS, Silas Cecil

Service Numbers:	2326, 2517
Enlisted:	17 May 1915, Enlisted at Liverpool, NSW. Deserted at Fremantle and issued with service number 2326
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	1st Infantry Battalion
Born:	Narrandera, New South Wales, Australia, 1895
Home Town:	Narrandera, Narrandera, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Barman
Died:	Cooma, New South Wales, Australia, 28 March 1934, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Nimmitabel Cemetery, New South Wales, Australia Internment number 177618521. Grave may be unmarked
Memorials:	Narrandera WW1 War Memorial

World War 1 Service

17 May 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2326, 3rd Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Liverpool, NSW. Deserted at Fremantle and issued with service number 2326
14 Jul 1915:	Involvement Private, 2326, 3rd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Orsova embarkation_ship_number: A67 public_note: ''
14 Jul 1915:	Embarked Private, 2326, 3rd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Orsova, Sydney
18 Oct 1915:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 2517, 1st Infantry Battalion, Embarked HMAT Borda and issued with service number 2326 having previously deserted at Fremantle on 22 July 1915
13 Mar 1918:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 2517, 1st Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 2nd Military District as medically unfit due to defective vision

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Biography contributed by Carol Foster

In August 1918 he claimed that he had not deserted but missed the sailing of HMAT Orsova at Fremantle but later had boarded another transport ship, HMAT Borda, which arrived in Egypt about 3 days after his unit which he rejoined

Son of Silas Adams and Lucy Jane Adams of Commercial Hotel, Narrandera, NSW.

During 1920 Silas married Jessie C. Cameron in the Orange area, NSW. Father of Kenneth Cameron Adams

Commenced return to Australia on 20 Februry 1917 aboard HT Runic

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

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