Charles Langslow ADAMS

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ADAMS, Charles Langslow

Service Numbers:	374, 145, 3266
Enlisted:	8 April 1916, Enlisted at Sydney, NSW
Last Rank:	Corporal
Last Unit:	1st Tunnelling Company (inc. 4th Tunnelling Company)
Born:	Orange, New South Wales, Australia, 1881
Home Town:	West Wallsend, Lake Macquarie Shire, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Miner
Died:	West Wallsend, New South Wales, Australia, 10 May 1958, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	West Wallsend General Cemetery, NSW
Memorials:

Boer War Service

18 May 1900:	Embarked Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 374, 4th Queensland Imperial Bushmen, AWM Boer War Unit Details, Murray p. 475 notes 4th QIB embarked 18 May 1900 aboard Manchester Port arriving Beira 14 Jun 1900.
7 Dec 1900:	Discharged Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 374, 4th Queensland Imperial Bushmen, National Archives Australia- Boer War Dossier notes invalided returned to Australia aboard Afric arriving Brisbane 3 Dec 1900, discharged 7 Dec 1900.
6 Mar 1901:	Embarked Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 145, 5th Queensland Imperial Bushmen, AWM Boer War Unit Details, Murray p. 488 notes 5th QIB embarked at Pinkenba 6 Mar 1901 aboard Templemore arriving Port Elizabeth 1 Apr 1901.
5 May 1902:	Discharged Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 145, 5th Queensland Imperial Bushmen, AWM Boer War Unit Details, Murray p. 491 notes 5th QIB embarked at Cape Town 27 Mar 1902 aboard St Andrew returning to Australia arriving Brisbane 30 Apr 1902, disbanded 5 May 1902.

World War 1 Service

8 Apr 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Sapper, 3266, 1st Tunnelling Company (inc. 4th Tunnelling Company), Enlisted at Sydney, NSW
16 May 1916:	Promoted AIF WW1, Corporal, 1st Tunnelling Company (inc. 4th Tunnelling Company)
22 May 1916:	Involvement Sapper, 3266, 1st Tunnelling Company (inc. 4th Tunnelling Company), --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '6' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Warilda embarkation_ship_number: A69 public_note: ''
22 May 1916:	Embarked Sapper, 3266, No 4th Tunnelling Company - Headquarters No 1, HMAT Warilda, Sydney
22 May 1916:	Embarked Sapper, 3266, 1st Tunnelling Company (inc. 4th Tunnelling Company), HMAT Warilda, Sydney
22 May 1916:	Involvement Sapper, 3266, No 4th Tunnelling Company - Headquarters No 1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '6' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Warilda embarkation_ship_number: A69 public_note: ''
9 Aug 1917:	Discharged AIF WW1, Corporal, 3266, 1st Tunnelling Company (inc. 4th Tunnelling Company), Discharged at the 2nd Military District as medically unfit due a cataract in the left eye

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Biography contributed by Carol Foster

Son of William Langslow Adams and Jane Adams of Orange, NSW

Husband of Elizabeth Adams nee Muir of Wallace Street, West Wallsend, NSW. Charles and Elizabeth were married during 1915 in the West Wallsend area

Commenced return to Australia on 4 May 1917 aboard HT Runic for home service disembarking on the 6 July 1917

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

Biography contributed by Claude McKelvey

Charles Langslow Adams (2nd given name derivatives Lonsglow/Langlow) was born on 1 Aug 1879 at Orange, NSW, a son to William Longslow Adams and Jane Adams. He married twice in NSW, first to Muriel L. Abrahams in 1903 at Murwillumbah, and second to Elizabeth Muir in 1915 at West Wallsend with whom he had 4 children.

He served twice in the South African (Boer) War and again in WW1. First service was as a Private S.N. 374 in the 4th Queensland Imperial Bushmen, Boer War from which he was invalided and discharged early. Second service was as a Private S.N. 145 in the 5th Queensland Imperial Bushmen, Boer War. Third service was as a Corporal S.N. 3266 in the No. 4 Tunnelling Company AIF, WW1.

(sources AWM Boer War Nominal Roll, Murray p. 486 & 496; National Archives Australia- Boer War Dossier 1st service and WW1 service record; Australian Boer War Memorial Database Bio).

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