ADAM, George Burgess
| Service Number: | 2330 |
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| Enlisted: | 21 June 1915, Adelaide, South Australia |
| Last Rank: | Corporal |
| Last Unit: | 27th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Glasgow, Scotland, 1894 |
| Home Town: | Kent Town, Norwood Payneham St Peters, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Thompson Street School, Glasgow |
| Occupation: | Ironmonger |
| Died: | Killed in Action, France, 5 November 1916 |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France |
| Memorials: | Adelaide National War Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France) |
World War 1 Service
| 21 Jun 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2330, Adelaide, South Australia | |
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| 21 Sep 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 2330, 27th Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '15' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Star of England embarkation_ship_number: A15 public_note: '' | |
| 21 Sep 1915: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 2330, 27th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Star of England, Adelaide | |
| 5 Nov 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Corporal, 2330, 27th Infantry Battalion, 'The Winter Offensive' - Flers/Gueudecourt winter of 1916/17, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 2330 awm_unit: 27 Battalion awm_rank: Corporal awm_died_date: 1916-11-05 |
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"THE LATE CORPORAL G. B. ADAM.
Mr. and Mrs. T. W. Adam, of Grenfell street, Kent Town, have been notified that their eldest son. Corporal George Burgess Adam, was killed in action in France on November 5, 1916. He enlisted in June, and sailed in September, 1915. Corporal Adam was born and educated in Glasgow, Scotland. He was 22 years of age and came to South Australia with his parents about six years ago. From his arrival in the State to the date of his enlistment he was employed by Mr. E. G. Sawney, of Port Adelaide, by whom and his fellow employees he was held in high esteem. He was an earnest temperance worker, and was a member of the Come and Welcome Lodge of Good Templars. At the time of his enlistment he had been newly elected as district secretary of the order for South Australia. He was of a quiet and unassuming disposition, and is mourned by a large circle of friends." - from the Adelaide Chronicle 10 Feb 1917 (nla.gov.au)
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