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ADAMS, Hector
Personal Details
Service Number: | 4703 |
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Enlisted: | 24 August 1917, Sydney, New South Wales |
Last Rank: | Private |
Last Unit: | 53rd Infantry Battalion |
Born: | Lasswade, Edinburgh, Scotland, December 1898 |
Home Town: | Lithgow, Lithgow, New South Wales |
Schooling: | Lasswade Grammar School, Edinburgh, Scotland |
Occupation: | Miner & Blacksmith |
Died: | Killed in Action, Mont St Quentin, Peronne, France, 1 September 1918 |
Cemetery: |
Peronne Communal Cemetery Extension Plot 111, Row N, Grave 8, Peronne Communal Cemetery Extension, Peronne, Picardie, France |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Lithgow Small Arms Factory Roll of Honour, Lithgow War Memorial |
Service History
World War 1 Service
24 Aug 1917: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Sydney, New South Wales | |
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31 Oct 1917: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 4703, 1st Pioneer Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '4' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Euripides embarkation_ship_number: A14 public_note: '' | |
31 Oct 1917: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 4703, 1st Pioneer Battalion, HMAT Euripides, Sydney | |
1 Sep 1918: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 4703, 53rd Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 4703 awm_unit: 53rd Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1918-09-01 | |
Date unknown: | Involvement 53rd Infantry Battalion, Fromelles (Fleurbaix) |
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1 Pioneer Btn
Rank - Private
2 January 1918 - Transferred to 53 Btn
1 April 1918 - Proceeded to France
4 April 1918 - Arrived at Calais
Also served in cadets
Robert and Elizabeth Davidson Adams, Main Street, Lithgow, New South Wales