William James Frederick ADAMS MM

ADAMS, William James Frederick

Service Number: 10576
Enlisted: 26 January 1916, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria
Last Rank: Lance Corporal
Last Unit: 3rd Divisional Signal Company
Born: Box Hill, Victoria, Australia, 1894
Home Town: Mont Albert North, Whitehorse, Victoria
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Civil Servant
Died: Canterbury, Victoria, Australia, 1977, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery: Springvale Botanical Cemetery, Melbourne
Cremated on the 20 June 1977. Ashes were scattered
Memorials: Hawthorn Postmaster General's Department Victoria 1
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World War 1 Service

26 Jan 1916: Enlisted AIF WW1, Sapper, 10576, 3rd Divisional Signal Company, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria
25 Nov 1917: Involvement Sapper, 10576, 3rd Divisional Signal Company, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '6' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ascanius embarkation_ship_number: A11 public_note: ''
25 Nov 1917: Embarked Sapper, 10576, 3rd Divisional Signal Company, HMAT Ascanius, Melbourne
4 Feb 1918: Honoured Military Medal, For bravery in the field London Gazette on 4 February 1918, page 1617, position 2 Commonwealth of Australia Gazette on 27 June 1918, page 1392, position 18
5 Mar 1918: Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 3rd Divisional Signal Company, In France
27 Jul 1919: Discharged AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 10576, 3rd Divisional Signal Company, Discharged at the 3rd Military District

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Biography contributed by Carol Foster

Son of Thomas Adams and Mary Elizabeth Adams nee Kelly of Wolseley Street, Mont Albert, Victoria

During 1924 William marrried Enona Mitchell Leslie in Victoria

Commenced return to Australia on 30 April 1919 aboad HT Karagola disembarking on 12 June 1919

Medals: Military Medal, British War Medal, Victory Medal

Previously served in the Cadets for twelve months and the Citizen Military Forces for four years in their 63rd Battalion