ADAMSON, Arthur George
| Service Number: | 3752 |
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| Enlisted: | 27 September 1915, Cootamundra, New South Wales |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 18th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Hay, New South Wales, Australia, 8 November 1892 |
| Home Town: | Hay, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Hay Public School, New South Wales, Australia |
| Occupation: | Ironmonger |
| Died: | Killed in Action, France, 28 July 1916, aged 23 years |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" No known grave, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Cootamundra War Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France) |
World War 1 Service
| 27 Sep 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Cootamundra, New South Wales | |
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| 20 Jan 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, 3752, 18th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '12' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Runic embarkation_ship_number: A54 public_note: '' | |
| 20 Jan 1916: | Embarked AIF WW1, 3752, 18th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Runic, Sydney | |
| 28 Jul 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 3752, 18th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 3752 awm_unit: 18 Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1916-07-28 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Stephen Brooks
Cootamundra Herald 29 September 1916. IN MEMORIAM.
(Killed in action, Somewhere in France, July 28, 1916, Arthur G. Adamson, of Cootamundra and Hay.)
Somewhere in France my noble son Is resting now, his duty done, He faced the deadly shot and shell, And in the stress of battle fell; The best he had to give he gave And now he fills a hero's grave. Somewhere in France my brave boy lies In far-off lands, 'neath alien skies, No stone is raised above his head, No words inscribed: 'Here lies one dead, Whose history will go down to fame, As one who nobly played the game.' Somewhere in France! Our sad hearts roam To where my boy sleeps far from home; And, though his face we cannot see, We hold him dear to memory, And leave him safely, in the Hands Of Him Who knows and understands. Somewhere in France! Alas! Alack! We cannot bring our loved one back; But we will meet again some day— The parting is not for all way; And in our dreams e'en now perchance We'll see our boy somewhere in France.
— Mother.
Biography
18 Battalion
Rank - Private
1 June 1916 - Taken on strength
Medals - British War Medal, Victory Medal
8 February 1928 - Mother requested that the words ' An Australian hero, heard the call and answered' be written on the headstone
Son of Emma and the late John Adamson Adamson, of "Hillside," Waratah Street, Katoomha, New South Wales,
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