ADAMSON, Arthur Thomas
| Service Number: | 5307 |
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| Enlisted: | 4 March 1916, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 22nd Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Auburn, Victoria, Australia, date not yet discovered |
| Home Town: | Auburn, Boroondara, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Brickmaker |
| Died: | Killed in Action, France, 3 May 1917, age not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Canadian Cemetery No.2, Neuville-St. Vaast Canadian Cemetery No 2 Neuville-St. Vaast Plot XX, Row B, Grave 29, Canadian Cemetery No 2, Neuville-St. Vaast, Nord Pas de Calais, France |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 4 Mar 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia | |
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| 28 Jul 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 5307, 22nd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '14' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Themistocles embarkation_ship_number: A32 public_note: '' | |
| 28 Jul 1916: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 5307, 22nd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Themistocles, Melbourne |
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Husband of Mrs Florence May Adamson, 46 Lilydale Road, Auburn, Victoria
Embarked Melbourne, 28 July 1916; disembarked Plymouth, England, 11 September 1916.
Proceeded overseas to France from 6th Training Bn, 16 November 1916; taken on strength, 22nd Bn, in the field, 4 December 1916.
Reported Wounded and missing in Action, 3 May 1917.
Now, 11 August 1917, reported Killed in Action, 3 May 1917.
Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
Originally listed as 'No known grave', and name recorded on the Australian National Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, France. Remains discovered in an isolated grave in 1955, and reburied in Canadian Cemetery No 2.