Brian Harry ADAMS

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ADAMS, Brian Harry

Service Number:	1805
Enlisted:	21 January 1915
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	12th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Launceston, Tas., 30 October 1895
Home Town:	Sandy Bay, Hobart, Tasmania
Schooling:	Scotch College Launceston
Occupation:	Carpenter
Died:	Killed in Action, France, 25 July 1916, aged 20 years
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, George Town Municipality Roll of Honour, Launceston Cenotaph, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France)

World War 1 Service

21 Jan 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1805, 12th Infantry Battalion
19 Apr 1915:	Involvement Private, 1805, 12th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Argyllshire embarkation_ship_number: A8 public_note: ''
19 Apr 1915:	Embarked Private, 1805, 12th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Argyllshire, Fremantle

War Service

Son of Mr Harry Ernest and Annie Lucy ADAMS
Of Corner of York and Grosvenor Sts. Sandy Bay, Hobart, Tas.
Occupation prior to enlisting: Carpenter
Enlisted: 21 January 1915
Embarkation: 19 April 1915 from Fremantle per ‘Argyllshire’
Age: 19 years
Served in Egypt, Gallipoli & France
Killed in Action: 25 July 1916
Villers Bretonneux Memorial, France

Photograph Tasmania Weekly Courier 13 May 1915 Insert 7

Submitted 29 January 2016 by Faithe Jones

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Biography contributed by Faithe Jones

Son of Harry Ernest ADAMS and Annie Lucy nee CROSIER

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