Colin Cyril ADAMS

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Service Number:	SX12335
Enlisted:	23 April 1941, Adelaide, SA
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	2nd/24th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Blyth, South Australia, 16 January 1920
Home Town:	Brinkworth, Wakefield, South Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	14 November 2018, aged 98 years, cause of death not yet discovered, place of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Not yet discovered
Memorials:	Snowtown Memorial Hospital Honour Roll WW2

23 Apr 1941:	Involvement Private, SX12335, 2nd/24th Infantry Battalion
23 Apr 1941:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, SX12335, 2nd/24th Infantry Battalion
23 Apr 1941:	Enlisted Adelaide, SA
18 Sep 1941:	Embarked Private, SX12335, Embarked for the Middle East with convoy US 128 disembarking on 20 October 1941 at Derna
9 Nov 1942:	Wounded Private, SX12335, Bullet wounds to the hip and buttock and evacuated to Australia disembarking at Melbourne
1 Aug 1943:	Embarked Private, SX12335, Embarked on board Westralia at Cairns disembarking at Milne Bay on 4 August 1943
14 Sep 1943:	Wounded Private, SX12335, Wounded but remained on duty
27 Nov 1944:	Discharged
27 Nov 1944:	Discharged Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, SX12335, 2nd/24th Infantry Battalion
Date unknown:	Involvement

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Son of George Adams and Violet Hilda Adams nee Everett. Husband of Pat Adams. Father of Bob, Kym, Barry and Raylene

Brother of Lily Grace Adams, George Douglas Adams, Keith John Adams and Richard Cecil Maxwell Adams

21 January 1942 - to hospital with Measles

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