This is the first page of what is known as the Attestation Paper of Persons Enlisted for Service Abroad.
Athol Gladwyn Adams signed this one hundred years ago today, 17 August 1914.
This enlistment document shows he was one of the first to join the Australian Imperial Force - what we now know as the 1st AIF. It is a relatively early enlistment as his number is 619 (top left in purple). He was allocated to the unit called the 5th Battalion (a part of the 2nd Brigade).
A.G. Adams signed up in South Yarra which is a inner suburb of Melbourne, not far from where he attended school at Melbourne Grammar. He was 20 years and 3 months when he enlisted and, at the time, was a Clerk at the offices of Huddart Parker & Company Limited (more on this later).
Other information on this form notes that he was unmarried.
He had also served in the school cadet program in the ranks for five and a half years and in the senior cadets as a Lieutenant for 3 years.
It is worth noting his clear signature as 'Athol G. Adams' as this appears on various reports, letters in later correspondence.
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