ADAM, Alexander Reid
| Service Number: | 7 |
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| Enlisted: | 3 March 1916, Sale, Victoria, Australia |
| Last Rank: | Corporal |
| Last Unit: | 10th Machine Gun Company |
| Born: | Brunswick, Victoria, date not yet discovered |
| Home Town: | Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Camberwell State School |
| Occupation: | Farmer |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Belgium, 7 June 1917, age not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres, Flanders, Belgium |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Menin Gate Memorial (Commonwealth Memorial to the Missing of the Ypres Salient) |
World War 1 Service
| 3 Mar 1916: | Enlisted Sale, Victoria, Australia | |
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| 27 May 1916: | Involvement Private, 7, 10th Machine Gun Company, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '21' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ascanius embarkation_ship_number: A11 public_note: '' | |
| 27 May 1916: | Embarked Private, 7, 10th Machine Gun Company, HMAT Ascanius, Melbourne | |
| 7 Jun 1917: | Involvement Corporal, 7, 10th Machine Gun Company, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 7 awm_unit: 10th Australian Machine Gun Company awm_rank: Corporal awm_died_date: 1917-06-07 |
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10 Maachine Gun Battalion
Rank - Corporal
18 July 1916 Disembarked Devonport, England
22 November Embarked Southampton to join the British Expeditionary Force, France.
8 January 1917 Appointed corporal
28 April 1917 Proceeded to Machine Gun School, Camiers
5 May 1917 Rejoined unit in the field,
7 June 1917 Killed in action, Messines Ridge
Buried in front line trench, 150 yds east of Messines Road (grid reference U.8.D).
Director of Graves noted, 26 May 1919, 'Buried 40 yards E of Ploegsteert-Messines Road, between road and Seaforth Farm, 30 yds behind frontline, 3/4 mile S of Messines.'
Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
Son of James Philip and Rachel Adam. Native of Jeeralang, Victoria. Brother of Arthur Thompson Adam, Jeeralang via Morwell, Victoria