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ADAMS, Arthur John
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 573 |
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| Enlisted: | 18 September 1914, Enlisted at Sale, Victoria |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 8th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Richmond, Victoria, Australia, 1891 |
| Home Town: | Glengarry, Latrobe, Victoria |
| Schooling: | South Gippsland State School, Victoria, Australia |
| Occupation: | Farm Hand |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Belgium, 20 September 1917 |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres, Flanders, Belgium |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Bundalaguah, Montgomery & Mrytlebank Roll of Honour, Glengarry War Memorial, Menin Gate Memorial (Commonwealth Memorial to the Missing of the Ypres Salient), Rosedale Shire Honour Roll, Sale Cenotaph |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 18 Sep 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 573, 4th Light Horse Regiment, Enlisted at Sale, Victoria | |
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| 19 Oct 1914: | Involvement Private, 573, 4th Light Horse Regiment, Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '2' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Wiltshire embarkation_ship_number: A18 public_note: '' | |
| 19 Oct 1914: | Embarked Private, 573, 4th Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Wiltshire, Melbourne | |
| 7 Aug 1915: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 573, 4th Light Horse Regiment, ANZAC / Gallipoli, Wounds to the arm and foot | |
| 20 Mar 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 1st Light Horse Regiment, From the 4th Light Horse Regiment | |
| 7 Jul 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 2nd Light Horse Regiment, From 1st Light Horse Regiment | |
| 10 Jun 1917: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 8th Infantry Battalion, From the 2nd Light Horse Regiment | |
| 20 Sep 1917: | Involvement Private, 573, 8th Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 573 awm_unit: 8 Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1917-09-20 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of George Harris Adams and Mary Adams nee Dixon of 'Woodlands', Glengarry, Victoria
Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal