ADAM, George Burgess
| Service Number: | 2330 |
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| Enlisted: | 21 June 1915, Adelaide, South Australia |
| Last Rank: | Corporal |
| Last Unit: | 27th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Glasgow, Scotland, 1894 |
| Home Town: | Kent Town, Norwood Payneham St Peters, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Thompson Street School, Glasgow |
| Occupation: | Ironmonger |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Flers, France, 5 November 1916 |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France |
| Memorials: | Adelaide National War Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Norwood War Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France) |
World War 1 Service
| 21 Jun 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2330, Adelaide, South Australia | |
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| 21 Sep 1915: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 2330, 27th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '15' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Star of England embarkation_ship_number: A15 public_note: '' | |
| 4 Aug 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 2330, 27th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières | |
| 5 Nov 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Corporal, 2330, 27th Infantry Battalion, 'The Winter Offensive' - Flers/Gueudecourt winter of 1916/17, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 2330 awm_unit: 27 Battalion awm_rank: Corporal awm_died_date: 1916-11-05 |
StatementsRed Cross File No 0010906G, death of Corporal George ADAM
2394 Driver H.G. MARSHALL, 27th Bn (patient, 3rd Southern General Hospital, The Base, Oxford, England), 27 April 1917: 'I was going up with rations about Nov. 5th at Flers when I was told by the C. Coy. Trench Mortar quarter Master (whose name I forget) that George Adam (27., C) had been killed by a shell in the lines that morning. He was buried behind the line. I have not actually seen his grave ...'
Second statement, 4775 Pte S.V. WADEY, 27th Bn (patient, 1st Australian Auxiliary Hospital, Harefield, England), 4 May 1917: 'In front of Bapaume he was shot in the Head. I was next to him at the time[;] it was in a German trench held for a day and evacuated in the morning [of] 6th Nov.'
Third statement, 2nd Lt J. JURY, D Company, 27th Bn, 7 June 1917: On November 5th I was cpl. with him and though I did not actually see him killed I know he was shot through the head at Bayonet trench Flers ... I know nothing as to burial.'
Fourth statement, 486 Pte H.J. WORK, 27th Bn, 3 January 1919: 'He was killed at Flers Nov. 5th, 9 a.m. sniped through the head. I saw his dead body. It was put out of the trench. Moved on night of 6th. No details of burial'.
Fifth statement, 4560 Driver E. ELLERY, 27th Bn Transport, 23 May 1919: 'We had captured a portion of a trench at Flers and Adam was alongside me sniping. He got up to have a shot when he was shot through the head. the back of his head was blown off killing himinstantly. Next morning we had to evacuate the trench which was not retaken until some months later, as far as I know, as I was sent to hospital. I believe that he was buried and that Lt -arch 27th Battn. saw his grave some time later
Submitted 30 December 2024 by Steve Larkins
Biography
"THE LATE CORPORAL G. B. ADAM.
Mr. and Mrs. T. W. Adam, of Grenfell street, Kent Town, have been notified that their eldest son. Corporal George Burgess Adam, was killed in action in France on November 5, 1916. He enlisted in June, and sailed in September, 1915. Corporal Adam was born and educated in Glasgow, Scotland. He was 22 years of age and came to South Australia with his parents about six years ago. From his arrival in the State to the date of his enlistment he was employed by Mr. E. G. Sawney, of Port Adelaide, by whom and his fellow employees he was held in high esteem. He was an earnest temperance worker, and was a member of the Come and Welcome Lodge of Good Templars. At the time of his enlistment he had been newly elected as district secretary of the order for South Australia. He was of a quiet and unassuming disposition, and is mourned by a large circle of friends." - from the Adelaide Chronicle 10 Feb 1917 (nla.gov.au)
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