
ADAMS, Robert
Service Number: | 3142 |
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Enlisted: | 6 December 1916, Enlisted at Sydney, NSW |
Last Rank: | Private |
Last Unit: | 34th Infantry Battalion |
Born: | Dundee, Scotland, 1884 |
Home Town: | Leichhardt, Leichhardt, New South Wales |
Schooling: | Dundee Public School, Scotland |
Occupation: | Marine Engineer |
Died: | Killed in Action, Belgium, 12 October 1917 |
Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Commemorated on the YPRES (MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL Panel 7 - 17 - 23 - 25 - 27 - 29 - 31., Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres, Flanders, Belgium |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Menin Gate Memorial (Commonwealth Memorial to the Missing of the Ypres Salient) |
Biography contributed by Carol Foster
Husband of Kate Adams of 135 Augustus Street, Leichhardt, NSW. In March 1928 Kate was living at 44 Catherine Street, Dundee, Scotland
Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
Serve his Engineering apprenticeship with Cooper & Greig of Dundee, Scotland
Biography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon
Dundee paid a high price for her war efforts. By the armistice, over 4,000 men and several women had made the ultimate sacrifice. Their names are recorded in the city’s Roll of Honour.
· Date of enlistment: 06.12.1916
· Place of enlistment: Sydney, NSW