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George Alfred ADAMS

Regimental number6707
Date of birth--/--/1887
Place of birthDunedin, New Zealand
ReligionPresbyterian
OccupationLabourer
AddressWarracknabeal, Victoria
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation29
Height5' 1.25"
Weight128 lbs
Next of kinSister, Mrs V A Softley, 79 O'Shannessy Street, North Melbourne, Victoria
Previous military serviceNil (previously rejected for AIF enlistment: 'below height')
Enlistment date27 September 1916
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll27 September 1916
Place of enlistmentAdelaide, South Australia
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name6th Battalion, 22nd Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/23/5
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A38 Ulysses on 25 October 1916
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll6th Battalion
FateDied of disease 28 January 1917
Place of death or woundingFargo Military Hospital, Wiltshire, England
Age at death30
Age at death from cemetery records23
Place of burialDurrington Cemetery (Grave No. 163), Wiltshire, England
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
45
Other details

War service: Egypt, England

Admitted to 3rd Auxiliary Hospital, 30 March 1916 (varicose veins); transferred to No 1 Auxiliary Hospital, Heliopolis, 20 April 1916.

Commenced return to Australia on board HT 'Armadale', 21 May 1916; discharged, 14 July 1916.

Re-enlisted, 27 September, 1916.

Embarked Melbourne, 25 October 1916, on board HMAT A38 'Ulysses', as Private, 6th Bn, 22nd Reinforcement; disembarked Plymouth, England, 28 December 1916.

Admitted to Fargo Military Hospital, 22 January 1917; reported dangerously ill, 23 January 1917 (broncho-pneumonia).

Died, 28 January 1917.

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
Date of death28 January 1917
SourcesNAA: B2455, ADAMS George Alfred

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