Frederick ADAMS

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Service Number:	769
Enlisted:	22 August 1914, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	5th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Sheffield, England, 1891
Home Town:	West Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 1951, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Not yet discovered
Memorials:

22 Aug 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 769, 5th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria
21 Oct 1914:	Involvement Private, 769, 5th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '8' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Orvieto embarkation_ship_number: A3 public_note: ''
21 Oct 1914:	Embarked Private, 769, 5th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Orvieto, Melbourne
25 Apr 1915:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 769, 5th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, Gunshot wound to the right hand causing loss of fingers
22 Mar 1916:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 769, 5th Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 3rd Military District as medically unfit due to loss of fingers on the right hand

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Address at the time of enlistment was 39 Dudley Street, Melbourne West, Victoria

Son of Albert Adams of 23 Abbey Street, Holderness Road, Hull, England

Commenced return to Australia on 29 July 1915 aboard HT Hororata

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal

Previously served with the Royal Garrison Volunteers for three years

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