ADAMS, Frank Coveney
Service Number: | 1611 |
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Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
Last Rank: | Private |
Last Unit: | 56th Infantry Battalion |
Born: | Blean, Kent, England, 1879 |
Home Town: | Gunbar, Carrathool, New South Wales |
Schooling: | Canterbury, Kent |
Occupation: | Agricultural Labourer |
Died: | Killed in Action, France, 3 December 1916 |
Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Gunbar District Roll of Honour WW1, Gunbar Presbyterian Church Roll of Honour WW1, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France) |
World War 1 Service
14 Apr 1916: | Involvement Private, 1611, 56th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '19' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Ceramic embarkation_ship_number: A40 public_note: '' | |
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14 Apr 1916: | Embarked Private, 1611, 56th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ceramic, Sydney |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon
Emigrated to Australia aged 32 years.
Enlisted Gunbar, New South Wales.
"He was with A McArthur Esq., Sylvanham, Gunbar, N.S.W. from April 1913 to Feb 1916 when he enlisted in the A.I.F."
He was 37 and the son of Mr. Julius John Adams of Langham Park, Bishopsbourne, Kent.
Births Sep 1879 Adams Frank Coveney Blean 2a 782
He is remembered on the Bishopsbourne war memorial which takes the form of a brass plaque within the church of St Mary, Bishopsbourne.