ADAMS, Charles Edwin
| Service Number: | 2780 |
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| Enlisted: | 4 June 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 10th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Perth, Western Australia, 1885 |
| Home Town: | Northam, Northam, Western Australia |
| Schooling: | Private Home Schooling |
| Occupation: | Farmer, Horsebreaker |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Celtic Wood, Belgium, 9 October 1917 |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Menin Gate Memorial (Commonwealth Memorial to the Missing of the Ypres Salient), Nungarin War Memorial |
World War 1 Service
| 4 Jun 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private | |
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| 2 Sep 1915: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 2780, 10th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Anchises embarkation_ship_number: A68 public_note: '' | |
| 23 Jul 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 2780, 10th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières | |
| 9 Oct 1917: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 2780, 10th Infantry Battalion, Raid on Celtic Wood |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Robert Kearney
Raid on Celtic Wood
Private Adams was in the field with D Company which bolstered C Company’s numbers for the raid. Since there was no requirement for a Court of Inquiry or a need for the Red Cross to carry out enquires into his fate, one or more witnesses must have seen him killed or at least sighted his body. The above factors, when linked to a lack of evidence to show he was killed on Broodseinde Ridge, such as a witness to his burial, and the fact that the CO signed the Field Return stating explicitly, that like Scott and most of the confirmed raiders, he was killed on 8 October all indicate he was a raider.
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