Thomas Dart ADAMS

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Service Number:	730
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

27 Mar 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Mildura, Victoria, Australia
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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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.