Benjamin Robert ADAMS

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Service Number:	4974
Enlisted:	17 January 1916, Enlisted at Brisbane, QLD
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	25th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, 5 June 1872
Home Town:	Brisbane, Brisbane, Queensland
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Carrier
Memorials:

17 Jan 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 4974, 25th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Brisbane, QLD
4 May 1916:	Involvement Private, 4974, 25th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '15' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Seang Choon embarkation_ship_number: A49 public_note: ''
4 May 1916:	Embarked Private, 4974, 25th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Seang Choon, Brisbane
23 Aug 1917:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 4974, 25th Infantry Battalion, Discharged at 2nd Military District as medically unfit due to rheumatism and senility

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Son of Emma Adams of 'Taringa', Brisbane, QLD

Next of kin given as his sister Emma O'Leary of Brisbane, QLD

Commenced return to Australia on 4 May 1917 aboard HT Thermistocles

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal