Branch of Service

Army

Conflict

World War II (1939-1945)

Date of Enlistment

28/05/1940

Date of Discharge

04/02/1946

Place of Enlistment

Paddington NSW

Gender

Male

Date of Birth

03/04/1920

Place of Birth

Melbourne, Victoria

Address (at enlistment)

Melbourne Avenue, Forrest ACT

School(s) Attended

Canberra High School

Occupation

Cadet journalist

Next of Kin

Arthur Adams (father), Forrest ACT

Service Number

NX21992

Final Rank

Corporal

Final Unit

2/13 Australian Composite Anti Aircraft Regiment

After enlisting in 1940 Adams trained as a signaller and was posted to the 2/13 Field Regiment. He served in Darwin for four months in 1941 and embarked for the Middle East in September that year. Adams returned to Australia in March 1942 and was posted to the 2/14 Heavy Anti Aircraft Battery at Lytton in Brisbane. In November 1943 he arrived in Buna, on the north coast of Papua, where he served for the next six months.

Description - height 6 feet 3 inches, blue eyes, fair hair, fair complexion, scar on his left cheek.

The Yarralumlan : Magazine of the Canberra High School, 1945 (p.12)
DVA nominal roll - WW2
Roll of Voters - The Territory for the Seat of Government 1928
The Canberra Times - 27 January 1941, 30 May 1940, 13 November 1940
NAA RecordSearch - Series B883