George Edward ADAMS

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ADAMS, George Edward

Service Number:	1416
Enlisted:	26 August 1915, Enlisted at Adelaide, SA
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	15th Light Horse Regiment
Born:	Snowtown, South Australia, 11 May 1896
Home Town:	Snowtown, Wakefield, South Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Farmer Labourer
Died:	Adelaide, South Australia, 11 December 1981, aged 85 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Centennial Park Cemetery, South Australia Erica Court, Rose Bed 3, Position 043. Internment right number 216785 which expired on 4 February 2020
Memorials:	Snowtown & District Roll of Honor, South Australian Garden of Remembrance

World War 1 Service

26 Aug 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1416, 11th Light Horse Regiment, Enlisted at Adelaide, SA
18 Nov 1915:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 1416, 11th Light Horse Regiment, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '3' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Geelong embarkation_ship_number: A2 public_note: ''
20 Jan 1916:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 9th Light Horse Regiment, From the 11th Light Horse Regiment
16 Mar 1916:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 3rd Light Horse Regiment, From the 9th Light Horse Regiment
2 Nov 1916:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 4 Battalion Imperial Camel Corps, From 3rd Light Horse Regiment
30 Mar 1918:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 1416, 4 Battalion Imperial Camel Corps, Egypt and Palestine - Light Horse and AFC Operations, Gunshot wound to the arm
24 Sep 1918:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 15th Light Horse Regiment, From the 4th Camel Regiment
24 Apr 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 1416, 15th Light Horse Regiment, Discharged at the 4th Military District as medically unfit

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Biography contributed by Carol Foster

Son of George Adams and Martha Adams nee Bowden of Snowtown, SA. Brother of Thomas John Adams born 1899, Rose Adelaide Ivy Adams, Thomas John Adams born 1888, Leslie Stanley Roy Adams, Ivy Sarah Martha Adam, Murray William Henry Adams and Matilda Emily Celia Adams

On 6 April 1925 George married Jane Robinson at Evandale, SA. At the timeo f death he was residing in the Underdale area, SA

Commenced return to Australia 26 January 1919 aboard HT Demosthene disembarkng on the 28 February 1919

Medals: !914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal

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