Service number V16453 Australian Army
Ernest and Elsie had 11 children, Rex, Betty Jean, Mary Isobel, Christine May, John Ernest, Irene Dorothy, Violet Josephine, William Henry, Richard George, Barbara Joan and Robert Leslie.
After the war Ernest fell on hard times. In 1954 the family were living at Camp Pell in Parkville. This housing camp was used to accommodate approximately 3,000 families that had been evicted by the housing commissions slum reclamation program. Public housing was finally developed by the Victorian Housing Commission in outer suburbs so the inner city could accommodate the impending arrivals for the 1956 Melbourne Olympic Games.
In 1963 Ernest and Elsie are living in a modest housing commission home, 17 Eisenhower Street, Reservoir East.
Ernest was unwell for a number of years, finally succumbing to lung cancer. He died on 3 April 1967 and is buried at Fawkner Memorial Park; Protestant D, Grave 726.
| Name | ADAMS, Ernest Albert (Alfred) |
| Service Number | V16453 Australian Army |
| Rank | Private |
| Unit | 3rd Gun Battalion |
| Conflict | Second World War 1939-1945 |
| Date of enlistment | 20 June 1941 at Royal Melbourne Victoria |
| Locality on Enlistment | Beaconsfield, Victoria |
| Served | Australia |
| Date of discharge | 11 March 1944 |
| Medals awarded | War Medal 1939-1945 and Australia Service Medal 1939-1945 |
| Born | 15 October 1900 Northcote Victoria |
| Parents | William Henry Hugh Adams and Josephine Quinn |
| Married | Elsie May Upton 4 March 1933 at Melbourne Baptist Manse, Collingwood |
| Occupation | Stevedore which is a manual worker involved in the loading and unloading of ships. He would later in life become a truck driver. |