Thomas Charles ADAMS MM

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Service Number:	1866
Enlisted:	15 July 1915, Enlisted at Brisbane, QLD
Last Rank:	Gunner
Last Unit:	4th Division Heavy and Medium Trench Mortar Batteries, AIF
Born:	Darling Downs, Queensland, Australia, 9 January 1880
Home Town:	Dappil, North Burnett, Queensland
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	School Teacher
Died:	Queensland, Australia, 18 July 1940, aged 60 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Hemmant Cemetery and Crematorium, Brisbane, Queensland Monumental section B, Row 2, Grave 18
Memorials:	Gayndah Reid's Creek No 261 Rifle Club Roll of Honour, Gayndah War Memorial

15 Jul 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1866, 29th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Brisbane, QLD
29 Oct 1915:	Involvement Private, 1866, 29th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '16' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Demosthenes embarkation_ship_number: A64 public_note: ''
29 Oct 1915:	Embarked Private, 1866, 29th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Demosthenes, Melbourne
6 Mar 1916:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 15th Infantry Battalion, From 19th Battalion
16 Mar 1916:	Transferred AIF WW1, Gunner, 4th Field Artillery Brigade, From 15th Battalion
23 May 1916:	Transferred AIF WW1, Gunner, 4th Divisional Ammunition Column, From 4th Field Artillery Brigade
6 Jul 1916:	Transferred AIF WW1, Gunner, 4th Division Heavy and Medium Trench Mortar Batteries, AIF, From the 4th Divisional Ammunition Column
1 Sep 1916:	Wounded AIF WW1, Gunner, 1866, Shell wound to the back
16 Nov 1918:	Honoured Military Medal, For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty on 18 October 1918 at St Souplet sector London Gazette on 3 July 1919, page 8355, position 2 Commonwealth of Australia Gazette on 17 October 1919, page 1529, position 3
4 Aug 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Gunner, 1866, 4th Division Heavy and Medium Trench Mortar Batteries, AIF, Discharged at the 1st Military District

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Son of John Algernon Adams and Harriet Adams nee Paisley of Darling Downs

Husband of Mabel Moinette Frances Adams nee Fenner of Dappil, Gayndah Line, QLD. Thomas and Mabel married in QLD on 20 October 1908

Commenced return to Australia on 1 May 1919 aboard HT China disembarking on 11 June 1919 at Sydney for onward travel to Brisbane

Medals: Military Medal, British War Medal, Victory Medal