Lieutenant Colonel Garnet Ingamells Adcock

Service number N17425, NX101558
Ranks Held Captain, Lieutenant, Lieutenant Colonel
Birth Date 1895-04-15
Birth Place Australia: Victoria, Geelong
Death Date 1956-12-18
Death Place Australia: New South Wales, Gosford
Final Rank Lieutenant Colonel
Unit 2nd Australian Tunnelling Company
Places
Conflicts/Operations
  • First World War, 1914-1918
  • Second World War, 1939-1945
  • Second World War, 1939-1945
Description

Garnet Ingamells Adcock was born at Geelong, Victoria on 15 April 1895, to George Henry and Edith Emma (née Ingamells).

Before enlisting in the First World War, Adcock was a Mining Engineer and as well as an army veteran, having served in the 67th (Bendigo) Battalion at Duntroon and had experience in A.I.F. camps. He was appointed lieutenant in the AIF on 1 May 1916 and was assigned to the 5th Tunnelling Company.

He embarked at Melbourne on 25 May 1916 on board HMAT Warilda with the 5th Tunnelling Company, and proceeded overseas to France on 30 August 1916 and was posted to the 2nd Tunnelling Company on 25 September 1916. On 29 December 1916 he was admitted to the 10th Field Ambulance in the field with shell shock and despite his protest that he felt fine he did not re-join his unit until 20 January 1917. On 11 January 1918 he was promoted to the rank of captain.

On 25 November 1918 Garnet married Marguerite Marie Van Coillie, a French woman he met while serving with the AIF. Garnet was granted leave from 4 May 1919 to 5 July 1919 for Non-Military Employment in a perfume factory in the south of France, and to attend a course in herb and medicinal plant culture. This course was not completed as his leave was cancelled on 30 June 1919.

Adcock returned to Australia with his wife on 18 July 1919 on board Orsovo. In 1921 Adcock bought Henry Kendall Cottage in Gosford, New South Wales and using the large area around it and the plentiful fruit in the region, he started a perfume business. By 1924 his perfume business was not succeeding, so he started a business called Jusfrute. This was one of the first companies to use emulsion taken from oil from the skin of the fruit to make a drink flavouring or cordial.

During the Second World War Adcock served as a lieutenant colonel in the headquarters of the Volunteer Defence Corps. Over the course of his life, Adcock wrote four books: three about his post-war career in perfumes and his Jusfute business, and one on military offences titled How to Deal with Military Offences (A.I.F. & A.M.F.)

Garnet Ingamells Adcock died on 18 December 1956, and is buried at Point Clare Cemetery, Gosford, New South Wales.

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    BEVERLEY HILLS, NSW. 1945. BRIGADIER V. T. ENGLAND DSO VD (1), CORPS COMMANDER NSW VOLUNTEER ...

    Three members of the 2nd Australian Tunnelling Company (2ATC) at a seaside camp. Identified, ...

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    Letters written by Garnet Ingamells Adcock, 1916-1919

    Letters written by Garnet Ingamells Adcock, 1916-1919

    Letters written by Garnet Ingamells Adcock, 1916-1919

    Papers written by Garnet Ingamells Adcock

    Papers written by Garnet Ingamells Adcock

    Papers written by Garnet Ingamells Adcock

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Timeline

Date of birth 15 April 1895
Other 01 August 1914 2nd Lieutenant in the 67th Infantry Regiment.
Date commissioned 01 May 1916 Lieutenant in the 2nd Tunneling Company.
Date of enlistment 01 May 1916
Date of embarkation 25 May 1916
Date promoted 11 January 1918 Appointed captain.
Other 11 January 1918 Honorary captain.
Other units 01 October 1918 5/7th Infantry Regiment.
Date returned to Australia 18 July 1919
Other 21 October 1919 Demobilised.
Other units 01 November 1920 2/13th Infantry Regiment.
Other 01 July 1922 Placed on the Unattached List.
Other units 01 July 1924 1st Light Horse Regiment.
Date promoted 06 January 1927 Appointed major.
Other 01 July 1929 Placed on the Unattached List.
Other units 18 August 1933 18th Battalion.
Other units 01 July 1935 18/51st Battalion.
Other units 1940-04-30 - 1942-09-18 Temporary lieutenant colonel, commanding officer 18th Battalion.
Date and unit at enlistment (ORs) 18 July 1942 Enlisted 2nd AIF.
Other 02 November 1942 General service officer grade 1 Corps Headquarters NSW Lines of Communication.
Other 1945-03-01 - 1945-12-15 Assistant adjutant and quarter master general Corps Headquarters NSW Lines of Communication Area.
Date promoted 08 November 1945 Appointed lieutenant colonel.
Other 28 March 1946 Reserve of Officers.
Date of death 18 December 1956

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