Alan Percy Hamilton ADAIR

ADAIR, Alan Percy Hamilton

    Service Number: 592
    Enlisted: 21 August 1914
    Last Rank: Lieutenant
    Last Unit: 25th Infantry Battalion
    Born: Maryborough, Queensland, 19 February 1895
    Home Town: Maryborough, Fraser Coast, Queensland
    Schooling: Not yet discovered
    Occupation: Surveyor
    Died: Natural Causes, Queensland, 29 January 1935, aged 39 years
    Cemetery: Toowong (Brisbane General) Cemetery, Queensland
    Memorials: Maryborough City Hall Honour Roll, Queensland Garden of Remembrance (Pinnaroo), Qld, Queenton State School Roll of Honour
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    World War 1 Service

    21 Aug 1914: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 592, 9th Infantry Battalion
    24 Sep 1914: Involvement AIF WW1, Sergeant, 592, 9th Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '9' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Omrah embarkation_ship_number: A5 public_note: ''
    24 Sep 1914: Embarked AIF WW1, Sergeant, 592, 9th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Omrah, Brisbane
    25 Apr 1915: Wounded ANZAC / Gallipoli, GSW arm
    25 Apr 1915: Involvement AIF WW1, Sergeant, 592, 9th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli
    7 Nov 1916: Transferred AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, 41st Infantry Battalion
    12 May 1917: Promoted AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 41st Infantry Battalion
    7 Jun 1917: Wounded Battle of Messines, Gas
    20 Dec 1917: Transferred AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 25th Infantry Battalion
    9 Aug 1918: Wounded "The Last Hundred Days", GSW testicles
    9 Mar 1919: Discharged AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 25th Infantry Battalion

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    Biography

    "ADAIR.- The Funeral of Alan Percy Hamilton Adair, late of 9th, 25th, and 41st Battalions, A.I.F., will move from the Funeral Parlour, Wickham Street, Valley, This (Wednesday) Afternoon, at 2.45 o'clock, to the Toowong Cemetery." - from the Courier Mail 30 Jan 1935 (nla.gov.au)

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