Regimental number | 3132 |
Date of birth | |
Place of birth | Alphington, Victoria |
Religion | Church of England |
Occupation | School teacher |
Address | Heidelberg Road, Alphington, Victoria |
Marital status | Single |
Age at embarkation | 23 |
Next of kin | Father, Thomas Adams, Heidelberg Road, Alphington, Victoria |
Enlistment date | |
Rank on enlistment | Private |
Unit name | 2nd Field Ambulance, Section C |
AWM Embarkation Roll number | 26/49/1 |
Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A31 Ajana on |
Regimental number from Nominal Roll | 54 |
Rank from Nominal Roll | Private |
Unit from Nominal Roll | 6th Field Ambulance |
Fate | Returned to Australia |
Discharge date | |
Other details |
War service: Egypt, Gallipoli, England Attached to 2 Division HQ, ADMS Staff, 24 August 1915; landed at Gallipoli. Contracted enteric fever, 8 October 1915; admitted to St Andrew's Hospital, Malta, 13 October 1915; invalided to England, 6 November 1915; admitted to Western General Hospital, Newport, 16 November 1915; then to convalescent hospital 6 months. Attached to Clearing Hospital, Sutton Veney, Wiltshire, 10 September 1916; sick, tonsillitis, 2 May 1917; discharged to duty, 9 May 1917 in staff of Clearing Hospital, Sutton Veney. Granted 12 months' leave without pay to take up a soldiers' scholarship, 23 April 1918. Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal After the war became headmaster of Launceston Grammar School, Tasmania. |