ADAMS, Stanley Livingstone
Service Number: | 15792 |
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Enlisted: | 27 October 1918, Quorn, South Australia |
Last Rank: | Private |
Last Unit: | South Australian Infantry |
Born: | Quorn, South Australia, 20 February 1900 |
Home Town: | Edwardstown, Marion, South Australia |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Baker |
Died: | 31 August 1986, aged 86 years, cause of death not yet discovered, place of death not yet discovered |
Cemetery: |
Centennial Park Cemetery, South Australia Pasadena. Acacia Court, Shrub Bed 3, Position 021. |
Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
27 Oct 1918: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 15792, South Australian Infantry, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1 | |
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27 Oct 1918: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Quorn, South Australia | |
24 Dec 1918: | Discharged AIF WW1 |
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Born: 20/2/1900 at Quorn SA
Described on enlisting as youngest of 6 siblings; 18 years 8 months old; single; 5’ 2 ½” tall;
119 lbs; fair complexion; grey eyes; 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 (b. 8/5/1865 Bullcreek SA - married 12/6/1890)
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)
Brother
Leo Thomas Leslie Adams service #366
(31/7/1896 Carrieton - returned from service)
d. 23/5/1973 Dandenong, VIC)
Occupation: Baker (prior to enlistment) at Co-Operative Bakery in Quorn
Prior service: Cadets
27/10/1918 Enlisted in Quorn
Completed medical – fit for service
11/11 - 14/12/1918 B. Co. – Private, Mitcham Camp
24/12/1918 Discharged prior to leaving Australia
Cessation of hostilities (end of WWI)
Medals:
Memorial Plaque (326069)
15/1/1927 married Edna Clarice Traeger (b. 1905 – d. 8/8/1999) in Tanunda
18/12/1927 1 child - Geoffrey Trevor Adams
Last lived at Edwardstown.
31/8/1986 died in Adelaide
Buried in: Centennial Park Cemetery
Acacia Court, Shrub Bed 3, Position 021
Sourced and submitted by Julianne T Ryan. 6 October 2014. Lest we forget.