Amos Arthur ADAMS

ADAMS, Amos Arthur

    Service Number: 1301
    Enlisted: 28 August 1914, Helena Vale, Western Australia
    Last Rank: Private
    Last Unit: 11th Infantry Battalion
    Born: Cordillo Downs, Farina, South Australia, 27 January 1894
    Home Town: Mount Barker, Adelaide Hills, South Australia
    Schooling: Not yet discovered
    Occupation: Labourer
    Died: Natural causes, Perth, Western Australia, 12 September 1962, aged 68 years
    Cemetery: Karrakatta Cemetery & Crematorium, Western Australia
    Setion W1, Grave 0281 Expired 16 December 2005. Internment number K0052906
    Memorials: Albany & Districts Roll of Honour, Farina War Memorial, Western Australia Garden of Remembrance
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    World War 1 Service

    28 Aug 1914: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1301, Helena Vale, Western Australia
    22 Feb 1915: Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 1301, 11th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Itonus, Fremantle
    22 Feb 1915: Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 1301, 11th Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Itonus embarkation_ship_number: A50 public_note: ''
    7 May 1915: Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 1301, 11th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli
    1 Aug 1915: Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 1301, 11th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, Shrapnel wound to the left thigh
    6 May 1917: Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 1301, 11th Infantry Battalion, Bullecourt (Second), GSW (knee)
    24 Apr 1918: Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 1301, 11th Infantry Battalion

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    Biography contributed by Carol Foster

    Son of Charles Adams and Charlotte Adams nee Hisgrove of Mount Barker, WA. Brother of John Colin Adams, Ivy Muriel Adams and Charlotte Beatrice Maude Adams 

    Commenced return to Australia on15 February 1918 aboard Llanstephan Castle for discharged due to amputation of the leg below the left knee

    During 1920 Amos married May B. Taylor in Perth, WA

    Residential address at the time of death was North Perth

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

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