ADAMS, Walter Roland
Service Number: | 3228 |
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Enlisted: | 24 July 1915, Enlisted at Lithgow, NSW |
Last Rank: | Private |
Last Unit: | 56th Infantry Battalion |
Born: | Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 30 October 1897 |
Home Town: | Yarramalong, Wyong Shire, New South Wales |
Schooling: | Yarramalong Public School, New South Wales, Australia |
Occupation: | Farmer Labourer |
Died: | New South Wales, Australia, 14 February 1983, aged 85 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
Cemetery: |
Macquarie Park Cemetery and Crematorium, Ryde, New South Wales Anglican Monumental L11 Plot 55 |
Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
24 Jul 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3228, 4th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Lithgow, NSW | |
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13 Oct 1915: | Involvement Private, 3228, 4th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '8' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Port Lincoln embarkation_ship_number: A17 public_note: '' | |
13 Oct 1915: | Embarked Private, 3228, 4th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Port Lincoln, Sydney | |
16 Feb 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 56th Infantry Battalion, From 4th Battalion | |
14 Jul 1916: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 3228, 56th Infantry Battalion, Wounded but stayed on duty | |
3 Sep 1918: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 3228, 56th Infantry Battalion, Shell wound to the left forearm | |
22 Mar 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 3228, 56th Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 2nd Military District as medically unfit due to shell wound to the forearm |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of Joseph Adams and Mary Polly Adams of Sydney, NSW
Next of kin given as his guaardian William C. McElliott of Yarramalong Public School, NSW
Commenced return to Australia 20 December 1918 aboard HT Orontes disembaring on the 1 February 1919
Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Previously served in the Militia
Commenced return to Australia (second occasion) from Special Service on 22 January 1920 aboard Friedricsuh disembarking in Sydney, NSW on 12 March 1920