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) |
World War 1 Service
6 Dec 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3142, 33rd Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Sydney, NSW | |
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15 Jan 1917: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 34th Infantry Battalion, From 33rd Battalion | |
24 Jan 1917: | Involvement Private, 3142, 34th Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '17' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Anchises embarkation_ship_number: A68 public_note: '' | |
24 Jan 1917: | Embarked Private, 3142, 34th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Anchises, Sydney | |
29 Apr 1917: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 63rd Infantry Battalion, From the 34th Battalion | |
2 Sep 1917: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 34th Infantry Battalion, From 63rd Battalion |
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Add my storyBiography 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