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Service Number:	480
Enlisted:	24 September 1914, Enlisted at Helena Vale, WA
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	16th Infantry Battalion (WW1)
Born:	Banchory, Aberdeen, Scotland, 1893
Home Town:	Osborne Park, Stirling, Western Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Labourer
Memorials:

24 Sep 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 480, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), Enlisted at Helena Vale, WA
22 Dec 1914:	Involvement Private, 480, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '12' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ceramic embarkation_ship_number: A40 public_note: ''
22 Dec 1914:	Embarked Private, 480, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), HMAT Ceramic, Melbourne
3 May 1915:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 480, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), ANZAC / Gallipoli, Wounds to the lower body
13 Aug 1916:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 480, Second occasion. Severe gunshot wound to the left arm fracturing Humerus
4 Oct 1917:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 480, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), Discharged at the 5th Military District

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Address at the time of enlistment was Green Street, Osborne Park, WA

Son of Mary Adams of Burn of Bennie, Banchory, Aberdeen, Scotland

Commenced return to Australia on 22 February 1917 aboard HS Karoola disembarking on 4 April 1917

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