ADAMS, Leo Thomas Leslie
| Service Number: | 366 |
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| Enlisted: | 20 April 1916, Adelaide, South Australia |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 8th Machine Gun Company |
| Born: | Carrieton, South Australia, 31 July 1896 |
| Home Town: | Not yet discovered |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Mechanic |
| Died: | Dandenong, Victoria, 23 May 1973, aged 76 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
| Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
| 20 Apr 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Adelaide, South Australia | |
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| 19 Sep 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 366, 8th Machine Gun Company, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '21' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Commonwealth embarkation_ship_number: A73 public_note: '' | |
| 19 Sep 1916: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 366, 8th Machine Gun Company, HMAT Commonwealth, Melbourne |
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Born: 31/7/1896 in Carrieton
Described on enlisting as: 19yrs 9mths old; 5’ 7 ¾” tall; 141 lbs; medium complexion;
blue eyes; dark brown hair, methodist
Mother Elizabeth Adams (nee Cheney b 29/6/1864 Templers SA – 27/11/1944) living at Hamley Bridge
Father John Thomas Adams (born 8/5/1865 Bullcreek SA - m.12/6/1890) - carpenter
25 May 1920 Elizabeth Adams wrote to The Office of Base Records – advising next of kin and noted that John Thomas Adams deserted his wife and family in 1904 – and nothing had been seen of him since, so Elizabeth is the next of kin.
Brother
John Albert Adams service #731
(4/6/1891 - 27/4/1915 – died in action, France)
Sister
Elizabeth Violet Adams (15/8/1892 Hawker – 1969 Sandford VIC)
- m. James George NESS (19/5/1915 Clare)
- 3 children:- Beryl Esme (14/5/1919), Ronald James (12/5/1920) & Colin Angas (10/12/1926) Ness
Brother
Harry Henry Adams (22/11/1893 Hawker - ??)
- m. Zenobia Elizabeth Thurston (25/4/1917 Lochiel)
- 4 children:-Thomas Henry (b&d 2/4/1918), Glen Hurtle (22/12/1919), Clifford Edger (9/8/1922) and Eva Valda (21/9/1924) ADAMS
Brother
Nathaniel Ray Adams (14/2/1895 Hawker – 29/7/1957 Kapunda)
Leo Thomas Leslie Adams service #366
(31/7/1896 Carrieton - returned from service)
d. 23/5/1973 Dandenong, VIC)
Brother
Stanley Livingstone Adams service #15792
(20/2/1900 Quorn - 31/8/1986 Edwardstown)
- married Edna Clarice Traeger (15/1/1927 Tanunda)
- 1 child - Geoffrey Trevor (18/12/1927)
Junior cadets – 4 years
Occupation: Mechanic
6/4/1916 Completed medical - fit for active service
20/4/1916 Enlisted in Adelaide
19/9/1916 Embarked from Melbourne on HMAT A73 Commonwealth
15/11/1916 Marched into details No.3 Camp Parkhouse, London.
23/11/1916 Marched into Australian Machine Gun Training Depot from Parkhouse
28/1/1917 A.W.L til 29/1/1917 – awarded 5 days forfeit of pay.
16/5/1917 Admitted to Southwark Military Hospital - Shoulder
20/8 – 3/9/1917 Discharged from Southwark Military Hospital (right shoulder)
26/12/1918 Married overseas to Elizabeth Mary Pearce (22yrs)
in Holy Trinity Church, Hendford, Somerset, England
23/5/1973 Leo died – Dandenong, Victoria
Sourced and submitted by Julianne T Ryan. 6 October 2014. Lest we forget.