ADAMS, Thomas Dart
| Service Number: | 730 |
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| Enlisted: | 27 March 1916, Mildura, Victoria, Australia |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 59th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Ravenswood, Victoria, Australia, 1892 |
| Home Town: | Ravenswood, Greater Bendigo, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Morlancourt, France, 19 June 1918 |
| Cemetery: |
Mericourt-L'Abbe Communal Cemetery Extension Plot 111, Row C, Grave 10 Rev, R.G. Brimer officiated, Mericourt-L'Abbe Communal Cemetery Extension, Mericourt-L'Abbe, Picardie, France |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Kangaroo Flat Ravenswood State School Honour Roll, Ravenswood Thomas Dart Adams Memorial Tree |
World War 1 Service
| 27 Mar 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Mildura, Victoria, Australia | |
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| 20 Jun 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 730, 38th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '18' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Runic embarkation_ship_number: A54 public_note: '' | |
| 20 Jun 1916: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 730, 38th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Runic, Melbourne | |
| 3 Nov 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 59th Infantry Battalion, France | |
| 25 Apr 1918: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 730, 59th Infantry Battalion, Villers-Bretonneux | |
| 19 Jun 1918: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 730, 59th Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 730 awm_unit: 59th Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1918-06-19 | |
| Date unknown: | Involvement 59th Infantry Battalion, Fromelles (Fleurbaix) |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
Son of James McConnell Adams and E. Margaret Adams, of Ravenswood, Victoria, Australia.
IN LOVING MEMORY OF OUR DEAR SON LOVED IN LIFE TREASURED IN MEMORY
Profound sypathy was felt for Mr. and Mrs. James Adams, of Ravenswood, when receipt of the sad news that their son, Private Thomas Dart Adams, had been killed in action on the Western Front. He was just 26 years of age, and enlisted at Mildura, entering the Bendigo Camp and joining up with the 38th Battalion. Afterwards he was in a unit taken to reinforce the 6th Battalion, and later on joined the 59th Battalion. He was out of the line for some time, suffering from trench feet. On recovering he was put on to work at the Anzac railway for six months, and was stricken with trench fever. He was in hospital for seven months, and from all accounts he could not have been long back in the firing line when he made the supreme sacrifice. Prior to enlisting Private Adams had worked on Dr. Atkinson's three estates , and ws held in high esteem.
Biography
59 Battalion
Rank - Private
9 September 1916 Disembarked England
11 September 1916 Marched into Etaples from England
31 October 1916 RE-alloted to 59 Btn from 6 Btn
16 December 1916 Hospital - Trench feet
4 April 1917 - Scabies
3 October 1917 - Influenza
19 June 1918 Killed in actin - Shelll
Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
Son of James McConnell Adams and Eliza Margaret Adams, of Ravenswood, Victoria, Australia.
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