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John Phillip William (Willie) Adams

Adams, John Phillip Willie

Military Record

Enlisted
No – AIF 817
Rank- Private
Enlistment Date – 28 March 1917
Place – Victoria Barracks, Sydney
Other Details – Adams was described as height 5 feet 5.5 inches (1.64m), weight144lbs (66 Kgs), complexion clear , eyes brown , hair dark and chest 34 –36 inches (0.85 to 0.9m). His occupation was given as farmer, religion as Methodist and he was not married. His Next of Kin was given as his mother on Norfolk Island and he enlisted as John Phillip Willie Adams but signed as Willie Adams

Units Served
Recruit Depot from 28.3.1817 to 4.4.1917
15th Reinforcement 15th Machine Gun Company 4.4.1917 to 5.2.1918
13th Australian Infantry Training Battalion 5.2.1918 to 10.4.1918
15 Machine Gun Company 10.4.1918 to 1.7.1918
2nd Australian Machine Gun Battalion 1.7.1918 to 24.3.1919
Graves Registration D C T 24.3.1919 to 16.8.1919
2nd Australian Machine Gun Battalion 16.8.1919 to 28.12.1919

Locations Served

1917
Australia

  • Enlisted at Victoria Barracks, Sydney 28.3
  • Proceeded to Recruit Depot for basic training
  • Posted to 15th Reinforcements for 15th Machine Gun Company 04.4
  • Moved to Machine Gun Depot at Seymour, Victoria 01.8
  • Adams became ill and was placed in Isolation Camp at Ascot Vale 16.10
  • From Isolation Camp to Machine Gun Depot, Seymour 08.11
  • Embarked at Melbourne on HMAT “Indara” 26.11

Egypt

  • Disembarked from “Indara” at Suez 27.12

1918

Egypt

  • Embarked at Port Said on HMT “Kashgar” 09.1

France/Belgium

  • Disembarked from “Kashgar” at Faranto 20.1
  • Entrained at Faranto 24.1
  • Embarked at Cherbourg on HMT “Nonas Queen” 31.1

England

  • Disembarked from “Nonas Queen” at Southampton 02.2
  • On disembarkation proceeded to 15th Training Battalion at Codford
  • Transferred to 13th Training Battalion at Codford 05.2
  • Transferred to 15th M G Company at Grantham 10.4
  • Australian Machine Gun Training Depot located at Grantham north of London
  • Machine Gun Companies absorbed into Battalions
  • 15th Machine Gun Company was absorbed into 5th Machine Gun Battalion
  • Departed from Folkstone for France with 5th Machine Gun Battalion 25.6

France/Belgium

  • Adams became ill with influenza on arrival in France
  • Admitted to 3rd Canadian General Hospital at Boulogne 26.6
  • Transferred to strength of 2nd Machine Gun Battalion at Camiers 01.7
  • 2nd Machine Gun Battalion was attached to 2nd Australian Division
  • Adams joined 2nd Machine Gun Battalion in field 06.7
  • I L (Scotchie) Quintal was with 2nd Machine Gun Battalion 06.7
  • E L M Edwards joined Battalion 18.7

Armistice 11.11

1919

France/Belgium

  • Adams joined Graves Registration Detachment 24.3
  • Rejoined 2nd Machine Gun Battalion 16.8

England

  • Moved from France disembarked at Southampton 20.8
  • On disembarkation moved to No. 2 Group, Sutton Veny
  • Embarked at Southampton on SS “Devon” for Australia 08.10

Australia

  • Disembarked from SS “Devon” at Melbourne 27.11
  • Moved from Melbourne to Sydney
  • Discharged at 2nd Military District, Sydney 28.12

Decorations

  • British War Medal 1914/18
  • Victory Medal

Involvement with other Islanders

– H W G Adams (20 Battalion) served with J P W Adams from 6.7.1918 when he joined 2nd Machine Gun until 8.8.1918 when H W G Adams was wounded and hospitalised

– I L Quintal was serving in 2nd Machine Gun Battalion when Adams joined unit and they served together until Adams transferred to Graves Registration Detachment

– E L M Edwards was transferred to 2nd Machine Gun Battalion twelve days after Adams but was wounded twice and thus out of action from 12.8 to 25.9.1918 and then from 3.10.1918 to discharge.

– A R Snell (19th Battalion) was in hospital when Adams joined 2nd Machine Gun Battalion on 1.7.1918 and he did not rejoin unit.

– H I Snell (17th Battalion) was hospitalised when Adams joined Division on 1.7.1918. Snell rejoined the 17th Battalion on 29.10.1918 and he served with Adams until 18.3.1919 when Snell again became ill and was sent to hospital.

Discharge Details

Discharged at Sydney on 27 June 1919

No longer required for war service

Miscellaneous

Personal Details

Birth Date – 25 June 1895

Location – Norfolk Island

Parentage -William Ward Dillon and Sarah Eliza (nee Christian) Adams who were married at Norfolk Island on 26 February 1874.

Marital Status – married in NSW 1925

Partner – Thelma Phyllis (nee Pearce) Adams

Children – believe one son Keith died at 1 yr old

Jean 4 March 1931

Life Post Discharge – unknown

 

Children of John Phillip William Adams and Thelma Phyllis Pearce

1. unknown Adams1

2. unknown Adams1

3. unknown Adams1

4. Keith Adams1

5. Francis Ronald Adams+1 b. 15 Apr 1922, d. 10 Feb 1988

6. Ivy Adams1 b. 30 Mar 1924

7. Arthur Adams1 b. 24 Sep 1925

8. Kenneth Charles Adams+1 b. 19 Nov 1929, d. 9 Jun 1991

9. Jean May Adams+1 b. 4 Mar 1931

10. Shirley Adams+1 b. 12 Feb 1933

11. Beryl Adams+1 b. 20 Feb 1935

12. Alan Adams+1 b. 16 Feb 1938

 

Children of Jean May Adams and Ronald Herbert Lipscomb

1. Stephen Ronald Lipscomb+1 b. 13 Nov 1951

2. Denice Elizabeth Lipscomb+1 b. 6 Feb 1954

3. Wendy May Lipscomb+1 b. 27 Oct 1955

4. Noel Phillip Lipscomb+1 b. 23 Dec 1957

5. Brian Fredrick Lipscomb+1 b. 22 Nov 1959

6. Paul Raymond Lipscomb1 b. 20 Aug 1961

7. Peter Wayne Lipscomb+1 b. 28 Jan 1964

8. Alison Marie Lipscomb+1 b. 14 Jan 1966

 

Children of Peter Wayne Lipscomb and Michelle Chalmers

1. Ashley Jane Lipscomb1 b. 18 Nov 1985

2. Brooke Lesley Lipscomb1 b. 24 Jul 1987

3. Simon James Lipscomb1 b. 20 May 1992

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