Edward Crawford ADAIR

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ADAIR, Edward Crawford

Service Number:	56039
Enlisted:	10 May 1918, Adelaide, South Australia
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	10th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Everard (near Blyth), South Australia, 28 July 1890
Home Town:	Semaphore, Port Adelaide Enfield, South Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Pulmonary tuberculosis, Adelaide, South Australia, 12 December 1947, aged 57 years
Cemetery:	Cheltenham Cemetery, South Australia Section J ; Drive C; Path 9(10); Site No. 10.
Memorials:	Maitland War Memorial, South Australian Garden of Remembrance

World War 1 Service

10 May 1918:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Adelaide, South Australia
10 May 1918:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 56039, 1st to 6th (SA) Reinforcements, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '20' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Marathon embarkation_ship_number: A74 public_note: ''
23 Jul 1918:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 56039, 1st to 6th (SA) Reinforcements, HMAT Marathon, Melbourne
27 Sep 1918:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 56039, 10th Infantry Battalion, The Battle of Amiens
16 Sep 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1
Date unknown:	Wounded 56039
Date unknown:	Involvement 10th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières

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Biography

Born 28 July 1890 in Everard, South Australia
(SA Birth Record 1842 - 1906 Book: 463 Page: 498 District: Cla.)

Father William ADAIR and Mother Jacintha (nee HOPKINS).

7/2/1912 Edward (21 years) married Dorothy Nettleton (21 years),
daughter of William NETTLETON, in St Bede Church, Semaphore, SA.

2 children and living at Ansell Street, Semaphore

Described on enlisting as 27 years 10 months old; married; 5' 8" tall; 141 lbs;
fair complexion; blue eyes; auburn hair; Church of England

10/5/1918 Enlisted in Adelaide, South Australia

23/7/1918     Embarked from Port Melbourne, on board HMAT Marathon A74
                    as a Private 3rd reinforcements, 10th Infantry Battalion
27/9/1918     disembarked into London, England

27/9/1918 Training Battalion, Fovant
alloted 10th Battalion

The 10th battalion participated in the great allied offensive of 1918, fighting near Amiens on 8 August 1918.
This advance by British and empire troops was the greatest success in a single day on the Western Front,
one that German General Erich Ludendorff described as "the black day of the German Army in this war".

The battalion continued operations until late September 1918.

At 11 am on 11 November 1918, the guns fell silent.

25/1/1919 proceeded overseas to France, ex Sutton Veny, England

1/3/1919 Detached to Australian Base Depot Camp, from 10th Battalion, France

6/6/1919 march out to England from Havre, France
7/6/1919 disembarked into Southampton

22/7/1919 Embarked on board Ulyses, for return to Australia
30/8/1919 disembarked into Australia

16/9/1919 discharged from service in AIF

Medals:
British War medal (23361)

Last lived at Port Adelaide.

12/12/1947    Edward passed away in Adelaide, South Australia (57 years)
buried in:       Cheltenham Cemetery, Port Road, Cheltenham, SA
                     Section J ; Drive C; Path 9(10); Site No. 10.

Thank you to Lyn Gil for the photo and Tammy Williamson for some her details.

Sourced and submitted by Julianne T Ryan. 26/4/2015. Lest we forget.

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