Adolph VOLK MM, MM

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Service Numbers:	18872, Q90574, QX24291
Enlisted:	26 June 1917, Enlisted at Brisbane, QLD
Last Rank:	Craftsman
Last Unit:	Workshops Units and Elements
Born:	Killarney, Queensland, Australia, 28 February 1900
Home Town:	Brisbane, Brisbane, Queensland
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Machiinist
Died:	Queensland, Australia, 9 September 1973, aged 73 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Nambour Garden Cemetery, Qld
Memorials:

31 Aug 1916:	Embarked Private, 18872, 14th Australian General Hospital, HMAT Wiltshire, Sydney
31 Aug 1916:	Involvement Private, 18872, 14th Australian General Hospital, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '24' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Wiltshire embarkation_ship_number: A18 public_note: ''
26 Jun 1917:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 18872, 14th Australian General Hospital, Enlisted at Brisbane, QLD
2 Apr 1918:	Honoured Military Medal
11 Apr 1918:	Honoured Military Medal, For devotion to duty near Swilen. London Gazette on 29 August 1918, page 10142, position 46 Commonwealth of Australia Gazette on 2 January 1919, page 1 , position 53
2 Jan 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 18872, 14th Australian General Hospital, Discharged at the 1st Military District as medically unfit due to arthritis

27 May 1941:	Involvement Q90574, also QX24291
27 May 1941:	Involvement QX24291, also Q90574
27 May 1941:	Enlisted
27 May 1941:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, QX24291
23 Sep 1944:	Discharged
23 Sep 1944:	Discharged Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Craftsman, QX24291, Workshops Units and Elements, 3 A A W/SHOP

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Son of Carl Albert Volk and Madeline Lizzie Ambrosine Volk nee Sibley of The Heads, Killarney, QLD

Commenced return to Australia on 12 July 1918 aboard HT Port Darwin disembarking on 17 August 1918 at Sydney for onward travel to Brisbane

Medals: Military Medal, British War Medal, Victory Medal

On 20 March 1924 Adolp h married Jessie Barbara Edington in QLD.