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ADAMS, Lewis Henry

Service Number:	QX49659
Enlisted:	2 March 1943, Papua New Guinea
Last Rank:	Corporal
Last Unit:	15 Infantry Battalion AMF
Born:	Jericho, Queensland, Australia, 3 September 1919
Home Town:	Jericho, Barcaldine, Queensland
Schooling:	Queensland State School System, Australia
Occupation:	Shearer and Station Hand
Died:	Killed in Action, Bougainville, Solomon Islands, Pacific Islands, 9 July 1945, aged 25 years
Cemetery:	Port Moresby (Bomana) War Cemetery, Papua New Guinea Burial reference: - Plot C1. Row F. Grave 21. Personal Inscription: - "HE DIED THAT WE MIGHT LIVE".
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour

World War 2 Service

3 Sep 1939:	Involvement Corporal, QX49659
2 Mar 1943:	Enlisted Papua New Guinea
2 Mar 1943:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Corporal, QX49659, 15 Infantry Battalion AMF
9 Jul 1945:	Discharged
9 Jul 1945:	Discharged Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Corporal, QX49659, 15 Infantry Battalion AMF, Killed in Action, Battle Casualty, Mivo River Region, Bougainville, Solomon Islands, New Guinea.

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Biography

15 Battalion

Rank - Corporal

Son of Henry Albert and Alice Elizabeth Adams, of Jericho, Queensland.