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George Alfred Adams

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Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    George Alfred AWMM
  • Surname
    Adams AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    WWI 6707 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion
    Presbyterian, Christian AWMM

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    1887 Peter Dennis, UNSW Canberra Dunedin, Otago Peter Dennis, UNSW Canberra
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
    Pre 27 September 1916 AWMM Warracknabeal, Victoria AWMM
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    Mrs V A Softley, 79 O'Shannessy Street, North Melbourne, Victoria AWMM
  • Relationship status
    Pre 27 September 1916 AWMM Single AWMM

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
  • Campaign
    • 1914-1916 Egypt AWMM
    • England AWMM
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Service number
    WWI 6707 AWMM
  • Military service
    Nil (previously rejected for AIF enlistment: 'below height') AWMM
  • Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers

Military decorations

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Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
  • Enlistment
  • Occupation before enlistment
  • Age on enlistment

Embarkations

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Prisoner of war

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  • Capture details
  • Days interned
  • Liberation date
  • Liberation Repatriation
  • POW liberation details
  • POW serial number

Medical history

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  • Medical notes
    • Height, WWI AWMM
      5' 1.25" AWMM
    • Weight, WWI AWMM
      128 lb AWMM
    • 28 Jan 1917 {Age 30} AWMMDied of Disease, Cause of Death AWMM

Last known rank

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Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • 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. AWMM
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Death

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  • Death
    28 January 1917 Peter Dennis, UNSW Canberra
    Age 30 AWMM
    Wiltshire, England Peter Dennis, UNSW Canberra
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
    Died of Disease AWMM
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
    Durrington Cemetery (Grave No. 163), Wiltshire, England AWMM
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