Spencer Hamp ADAMS

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Service Number:	236
Enlisted:	17 September 1914, Enlisted at Blackboy Hill, WA
Last Rank:	Captain
Last Unit:	4th Pioneer Battalion
Born:	Hertfordshire, Enland, 19 March 1884
Home Town:	South Perth, South Perth, Western Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Cordial Maker
Died:	Rockdale, New South Wales, Australia, 1958, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Not yet discovered
Memorials:

17 Sep 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Sergeant, 236, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), Enlisted at Blackboy Hill, WA
22 Dec 1914:	Embarked AIF WW1, Sergeant, 236, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '12' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ceramic embarkation_ship_number: A40 public_note: ''
27 Apr 1915:	Involvement AIF WW1, Sergeant, 236, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), ANZAC / Gallipoli
29 May 1915:	Wounded AIF WW1, Sergeant, 236, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), Gunshot wound to the right foot
4 Aug 1915:	Promoted AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1)
12 Mar 1916:	Promoted AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 48th Infantry Battalion
12 Mar 1916:	Transferred AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 48th Infantry Battalion, From the 16th Battalion
2 Apr 1916:	Transferred AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 4th Pioneer Battalion, From the 48th Battalion
25 May 1916:	Promoted AIF WW1, Captain, 4th Pioneer Battalion
7 Jan 1920:	Discharged AIF WW1, Captain, 236, 4th Pioneer Battalion, Discharged at the 5th Military District

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Address at the time of enlistment was C/- R. Sexty of Bowman Street, South Perth, WA and gave his marital status as widower

Son of Francis H. Adams of 10 Bow Road, London, England

Previousl served in South Africa with the Western Light Horse

Commenced return to Australia on 1 November 1919 aboard HT Nestor disembarking on the 23 December 1919

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