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ADAMS, Ernest Edwin
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 7616 |
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| Enlisted: | 28 March 1917, Enlisted at Townsville, QLD |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 15th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Townsville, Queensland, Australia, 4 May 1884 |
| Home Town: | Townsville, Townsville, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Fractured Skull, Home Hill, Queensland, Australia, 2 September 1928, aged 44 years |
| Cemetery: |
Home Hill Cemetery, Qld Interred on 2 September 1928. Grave 204. Rev. Potter officiated |
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Service History
World War 1 Service
| 28 Mar 1917: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 7616, 15th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Townsville, QLD | |
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| 14 Jun 1917: | Involvement Private, 7616, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '11' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Hororata embarkation_ship_number: A20 public_note: '' | |
| 14 Jun 1917: | Embarked Private, 7616, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), HMAT Hororata, Sydney | |
| 23 Feb 1918: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 7616, 15th Infantry Battalion, Discharged at 1st Military District as medically unfit due to early heart failure |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of William Adams and Mary Adams nee Kingston of Townsville, QLD
Husband of Emily Adams nee Wicks of South Ayr, QLD. Ernest and Emily married on 24 December 1913 in QLD
Commenced return to Australia on 25 November 1917 aboard HT Ormonde, transferred to HT Kenilworth Castle at Cape Town, South Africa. Later transferred to HT Medic at Durban, South Africa