Soldier profiles

Name : ADAMS, ARTHUR GEORGE
Service Number : NX88272
Date of Birth : 01/07/1915
Place of Birth : CESSNOCK, NSW
Known as :
Occupation on Enlistment : LINETYPE OPERATOR
Date of Enlistment : 11/02/1942
Locality on Enlistment : CESSNOCK, NSW
Place of Enlistment : PADDINGTON, NSW
Next of Kin : ADAMS, ELIZABETH
Rank (at time of discharge / death) : PRIVATE
Service : ARMY
Final Posting : 2/2 PIONEER BATTALION
Position / Platoon / Company (as 2/2 Pioneer) (date / details) :
Unit Transfers / Promotions (date / details) :
Theatres of War : NEW GUINEA
Actions :
Wounded (date / details) :
Discharged : 14/03/1946
Date Died : N/A
Community Roll of Honour : N/A
Buried Location / Memorial (P.O.W., D.O.W., K.I.A.) : N/A
K.I.A. (date / details) : N/A
D.O.W. (date / details) : N/A
M.I.A. (date / details) : N/A
P.O.W. (location/s) : NO
Died P.O.W. (date / details) : N/A
P.O.W. Camps (details) : N/A
Recovered P.O.W. (location/s) : N/A
Honours and Gallantry : None for display
Applicable Australian War Memorial circulars : NO
References found (entries & photos) : National Archives of Australia (Barcode 4644101 [DIGITISED], Barcode 8870674 [NOT EXAMINED]), WW2 Nominal Roll, Australian War Memorial

Background : Married to Elizabeth Jean Adams. Father of John Henry Adams.

Service & personal summary At enlistment : married. No previous military experience. At discharge : height 5 feet 10 inches, blue eyes, hazel complexion, brown hair. Marital status : married. Dependent children : 1 under 16 years old & 1 16 years & older. Full time war service : A.I.F. 11/02/1942 to 14/03/1946 which included 1493 days active service (1230 days within Australia & 201 days overseas). Operational service : New Guinea area (embarked from Australia 25/07/1943, disembarked in Australia 10/02/1944). War badge no. A272006. Discharge certificate no. 421875.

Service record
11/02/1942 Marched into General Details Depot Sydney, New South Wales.
11/02/1942 Marched out to 9 Pioneer Training Battalion.
11/02/1942 Taken on strength 9 Pioneer Training Battalion Dubbo, New South Wales.
12/07/1942 Transferred to 2/2 Pioneer Battalion Bathurst, New South Wales.
14/07/1942 Taken on strength 2/2 Pioneer Battalion 2 Military District (New South Wales).
22/08/1942 Attending Signals Training School.
03/02/1943 Entrained 5 Military District (Western Australia) for 3 Military District (Victoria).
26/03/1943 Entrained 3 Military District (Victoria) for 1 Military District (Queensland).
01/07/1943 Granted proficiency pay.
25/07/1943 Embarked Townsville, Queensland on H.M.T. Duntroon.
28/07/1943 Disembarked Port Moresby, New Guinea.
11/08/1943 Forfeited proficiency pay.
07/12/1943 Graded acting Group II Cook.
27/12/1943 Relinquished acting Group II Cook appointment.
08/02/1944 Embarked Port Moresby, New Guinea on H.M.A.S. Kanimbla.
10/02/1944 Disembarked Townsville, Queensland.
13/02/1944 Evacuated to 2 Australian Camp Hospital with Pyrexia of Unknown Origin (P.U.O.) from leave. Draft 15.
15/02/1944 Discharged from 2 Australian Camp Hospital with Pyrexia of Unknown Origin (P.U.O.) to Brisbane General Details Depot, Queensland to proceed on leave.
12/04/1944 Evacuated to 2/12 Australian Field Ambulance with malaria (benign tertian).
12/04/1944 Evacuated from 2/12 Australian Field Ambulance to 2/6 Australian General Hospital, Queensland and transferred to X list.
24/04/1944 Discharged from 2/6 Australian General Hospital to unit.
26/04/1944 Taken on strength 2/2 Pioneer Battalion from 2/6 Australian General Hospital, Queensland.
03/05/1944 Granted proficiency pay.
03/07/1944 Evacuated to 116 Australian General Hospital with arthritis left elbow, loose body left elbow and transferred to X list.
17/07/1944 Evacuated from 116 Australian General Hospital to 103 Australian General Hospital, New South Wales.
06/09/1944 Discharged from 103 Australian General Hospital, New South Wales to General Details Depot New South Wales Lines of Communication area.
06/09/1944 Marched into General Details Depot New South Wales Lines of Communication area ex 103 Australian General Hospital to proceed on leave.
20/09/1944 Evacuated to Cessnock Hospital with fractured right medial malleolus from leave.
05/10/1944 Discharged from 70 Australian Convalescent Hospital to General Details Depot New South Wales Lines of Communication area and resumes leave.
17/10/1944 Marched in General Details Depot New South Wales Lines of Communication area from leave ex 70 Australian Convalescent Hospital.
11/01/1945 Rejoined 2/2 Pioneer Battalion from General Details Depot New South Wales Lines of Communication area.
12/01/1945 Marched out to 2 Australian Mobile Printing Unit, Queensland.
20/01/1945 Transferred in from 2/2 Pioneer Battalion.
20/01/1945 Proficiency pay withdrawn.
20/01/1945 Graded Group II Printer.
21/01/1945 Evacuated to 128 Australian General Hospital with appendicitis and transferred to X list.
10/02/1945 Evacuated from 128 Australian General Hospital to 102 Australian Convalescent Depot.
16/03/1945 Discharged from 102 Australian Convalescent Depot.
16/03/1945 X list personnel rejoined unit from 102 Australian Convalescent Depot.
19/10/1945 Transferred back to New South Wales Lines of Communication area Printing Press.
26/10/1945 Transferred in from 2 Australian Mobile Printing Unit.
06/03/1946 Transferred out to New South Wales Lines of Communication area Leave and Transit Depot (holding strength) for discharge.
14/03/1946 Discharged.