Leonard Anthony ADAMS

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Service Number:	294
Enlisted:	27 January 1916, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria
Last Rank:	Lance Corporal
Last Unit:	2nd Machine Gun Battalion
Born:	Essendon, Victoria, Australia, 1894
Home Town:	Essendon, Moonee Valley, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Plasterer
Died:	East Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 1924, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Not yet discovered
Memorials:	South Essendon Methodist Church HR

27 Jan 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 294, 15th Machine Gun Company, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria
4 May 1916:	Involvement Private, 294, 15th Machine Gun Company, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '21' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Port Lincoln embarkation_ship_number: A17 public_note: ''
4 May 1916:	Embarked Private, 294, 15th Machine Gun Company, HMAT Port Lincoln, Melbourne
27 Apr 1917:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 22nd Machine Gun Company, From 15th Machine Gun Company
9 Sep 1918:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 2nd Machine Gun Battalion, From 22 Machine Gun Company
10 Sep 1918:	Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 2nd Machine Gun Battalion, In France
9 Apr 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 294, 2nd Machine Gun Battalion, Discharged at 3rd Military District

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Son of John James Adams and Anna Turner Adams nee Woods of 105 McPherson Street, Essendon, Victoria

Commenced return to Australia 22 January 1919 aboard HT Demos disembakring on 2 March 1919

During 1919 Leonard married Ilma Eileen Williams in Victoria

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal