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13th Australian Field Ambulance, Australian Imperial Force
13th Australian Field Ambulance served with 4th Australian Division on the Western Front during the Great War.
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Drv. Arthur James Adams (d.9th Aug 1916) Arthur James Adams was born in England at Wolverton, Buckinghamshire during 1888. He was educated at the Wolverton County School and the Wolverton Science and Arts Institute. Adams migrated to Australia at age 22 and worked as a carpenter and joiner in Brisbane. His father, a Mr G Adams, still resided in Buckinghamshire at the outbreak of war.
Arthur enlisted in the Australian Imperial Force on 13 August 1914. He had some prior military experience in the reserve forces, having served for about 3 years in the 1st Bucks Territorials. He initially served as a Driver in the 3rd Field Ambulance, but was later transferred to the rank of Private in the 13th Field Ambulance.
Following basic training he boarded HMAT Rangatira, and embarked from Brisbane on 25 October 1914. Adams was seriously wounded on 8th of August 1916 during the battle of Pozières. He died of wounds shortly afterwards on 9th of August 1916. Arthur Adams is buried at Warloy-Baillon Communal Cemetery, France
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George Septimus Brookes 13th Australian Field Ambulance My Grandfather George Septimus Brookes was part chinese and an Engine Driver for the NSW Railways. He joined the Army and served in France and Belgium during WWI.
He was wounded having gunshot wounds to the face and had his leg amputated.
He was eventually evacuated to England where he met my Grandmother Mary Elizabeth Harper and they got Married in London.
George resumed his work as an Engine Driver, which was a challenge for a person with 1 leg and was mainly working around Sydney as a Engine Driver.
George had 2 Children Geoffrey Wilbert Harper Brookes and Marjorie Irene Brookes.
George Brookes died 24th November 1921 at Woodville Red Cross Home, Randwick age 36 from Pulmonary Tuberculosis and war wounds. He is buried in the Methodist Section of the Rookwood Cemetary in Sydney in a white marble grave.
George is commemorated on the wall of remembrance in Rookwood and almost behind his plaque on the same wall is the commemoration for NX11686, Geoffrey Hayne son of George Brookes.
Thank you for the chance to remember my Grandfather.
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Pte. Geoffrey Maurice Barnewall Hales 13th Australian Field Ambulance Geoffrey Hales was studying medicine at the University of Sydney when he enlisted on the 1st of September 1916. He left sailed for England on the 9th of November with the 8th Reinforcements, 4th Divisional Ammunition Column. He transferred to the 13th Australian Field Ambulance in April 1917 and served at Messines and Ypres. He returned to Australia on the 17th of April 1918 and resumed his medical studies.
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