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ADAMS, John Alfred
Personal Details
Service Number: | 808 |
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Enlisted: | 22 November 1915, Enlisted at Brisbane, QLD |
Last Rank: | Private |
Last Unit: | 41st Infantry Battalion |
Born: | Gladstone, Queensland, Australia, 5 January 1891 |
Home Town: | Moree, Moree Plains, New South Wales |
Schooling: | Howall, Public School, New South Wales, Australia |
Occupation: | Farrier |
Died: | Died of wounds, Belgium, 6 October 1917, aged 26 years |
Cemetery: |
Nine Elms British Cemetery Plot 1V, Row 1, Grave 1 Headstone inscription reads: Beloved son of Mr. & Mrs. Frank Adams Mores, N.S.W. Note: Mores maybe a misprint and possibly should read Moree, Nine Elms British Cemetery, Poperinghe, Flanders, Belgium |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Brisbane 41st Battalion Roll of Honour, Moree & District Fallen Soldiers Honour Roll, Moree ANZAC Centenary Memorial, Moree ANZAC Centenary Memorial |
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World War 1 Service
22 Nov 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 808, 41st Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Brisbane, QLD | |
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18 May 1916: | Embarked Private, 808, 41st Infantry Battalion, HMAT Demosthenes, Sydney | |
18 May 1916: | Involvement Private, 808, 41st Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '18' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Demosthenes embarkation_ship_number: A64 public_note: '' | |
4 Oct 1917: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 808, 41st Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, Wound to the forehead | |
6 Oct 1917: | Involvement Private, 808, 41st Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 808 awm_unit: 41st Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1917-10-06 |
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