ADAMS, Percy Arnold
| Service Number: | 817 |
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| Enlisted: | 26 February 1915, Hobart, Tasmania |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 26th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Patersonia near Launceston, Tasmania, Australia, 1896 |
| Home Town: | Alonnah, Kingborough, Tasmania |
| Schooling: | Patersonia State School,Tasmania, Australia |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Died of wounds, France, 24 May 1916 |
| Cemetery: |
Erquinghem-Lys Churchyard Extension Plot 1, Row J, Grave 24 Rev. R.H. Pitt-Owen officiated, Erquinghem-Lys Churchyard Extension, Erquinghem-Lys, Lille, Nord Pas de Calais, France |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Bruny Roll of Honour, Nunamara War Memorial |
World War 1 Service
| 26 Feb 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Hobart, Tasmania | |
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| 29 Jun 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 817, 26th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '15' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Aeneas embarkation_ship_number: A60 public_note: '' | |
| 29 Jun 1915: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 817, 26th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Aeneas, Brisbane | |
| Date unknown: | Involvement 26th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Stephen Brooks
His father John George Adams entered the following on his roll of honour form.
“Enlisted from Bruny Island in early 1915, and left Tasmania on May 15 1915. Landed at Gallipoli in September 1915, and served there until the evacuation. Died of wounds received in battle ‘Somewhere in France’ on May 24, 1916, the first Bruny soldier to nobly lay down his life for the Empire. Resided at Alonnah for about 18 years. Friend and mate of Corporal Thomas Vincent DWYER M.M. 4th Machine-Gun Battalion.”
Private Adams’ brother, 1806 Sergeant Arthur Francis Adams M.M., 12th Battalion served at Gallipoli and on the Western Front and died of bronchopneumonia on 7 December 1918.
Biography
26 Battalion
Rank - Private
Percy Arnold Adams was under age when he enlisted. His father, John Adams, signed a letter with an 'X' giving Percy consent to enlisted.
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