ADAMS, Stanley John
| Service Number: | 5027 |
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| Enlisted: | 4 January 1916 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 4th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Leichhardt, New South Wales, Australia, 15 July 1900 |
| Home Town: | Randwick, Randwick, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Randwick Public School, New South Wales, Australia |
| Occupation: | Plumber |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Mouquet Farm, France, 16 August 1916, aged 16 years |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France) |
World War 1 Service
| 4 Jan 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 5027, 4th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 1 Apr 1916: | Involvement Private, 5027, 4th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '8' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: SS Makarini embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: '' | |
| 1 Apr 1916: | Embarked Private, 5027, 4th Infantry Battalion, SS Makarini, Sydney |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Stephen Brooks
Stanley John Adams the son of James Nisbet Adams and Lois Adams was born in Leichhardt, New South Wales on the 15 July 1900 and lived in Pine Street, Randwick, Sydney with his parents and brother.
Adams was a young plumber and rope maker, and attended Randwick Public School. When the war broke out, he was barely 15 years of age. Keen to join up, he claimed to be 18 years and 1 month old when he enlisted on the 4 of January 1916 but was not yet 16 years of age. On the 1st of April 1916 Private Stanley John Adams embarked from Sydney, NSW, and headed for France.
Stanley arrived in France and joined his battalion near Mouquet Farm on 12 August 1916. He was killed by a shell only a few days later.
Several eye witness accounts in his Red Cross file state that he was most terribly wounded on the 16 of August 1916. Listed as missing for over 12 months his death was officially confirmed by the AIF almost 12 months later. He was noted to have been buried between Mouquet Farm and Pozières but the grave could not be located after the war.
Stanley's brother, 134 Corporal James W. Adams of the 1st Battalion AIF, served in both Gallipoli where he was wounded twice and in France, and according to letters from the father, James made attempts to discover the fate of his younger brother. He served right through the war until returned in 1918.