Robert ADAMS

ADAMS, Robert

    Service Number: 3142
    Enlisted: 6 December 1916, Enlisted at Sydney, NSW
    Last Rank: Private
    Last Unit: 34th Infantry Battalion
    Born: Dundee, Scotland, 1884
    Home Town: Leichhardt, Leichhardt, New South Wales
    Schooling: Dundee Public School, Scotland
    Occupation: Marine Engineer
    Died: Killed in Action, Belgium, 12 October 1917
    Cemetery: No known grave - "Known Unto God"
    Commemorated on the YPRES (MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL Panel 7 - 17 - 23 - 25 - 27 - 29 - 31., 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)
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    World War 1 Service

    6 Dec 1916: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3142, 33rd Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Sydney, NSW
    15 Jan 1917: Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 34th Infantry Battalion, From 33rd Battalion
    24 Jan 1917: Involvement Private, 3142, 34th Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '17' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Anchises embarkation_ship_number: A68 public_note: ''
    24 Jan 1917: Embarked Private, 3142, 34th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Anchises, Sydney
    29 Apr 1917: Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 63rd Infantry Battalion, From the 34th Battalion
    2 Sep 1917: Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 34th Infantry Battalion, From 63rd Battalion

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    Biography contributed by Carol Foster

    Husband of Kate Adams of 135 Augustus Street, Leichhardt, NSW. In March 1928 Kate was living at 44 Catherine Street, Dundee, Scotland

    Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

    Serve his Engineering apprenticeship with Cooper & Greig of Dundee, Scotland

    Biography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon

    Dundee paid a high price for her war efforts. By the armistice, over 4,000 men and several women had made the ultimate sacrifice. Their names are recorded  in the city’s Roll of Honour.

    ·        Date of enlistment: 06.12.1916

    ·        Place of enlistment: Sydney, NSW

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