ADAM, James Henry Dalziel
| Service Number: | 271 |
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| Enlisted: | 6 February 1916 |
| Last Rank: | Lance Corporal |
| Last Unit: | 44th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Fremantle, Western Australia, January 1897 |
| Home Town: | Fremantle, Fremantle, Western Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Clerk |
| Died: | South Perth, Western Australia, 22 October 1974, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Karrakatta Cemetery & Crematorium, Western Australia Cremation. Ashes scattered at Karrakatta. |
| Memorials: | Fremantle Scots Church Honour Roll |
World War 1 Service
| 6 Feb 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Squadron Quartermaster Sergeant, 271, 44th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 6 Jun 1916: | Involvement Lance Corporal, 271, 44th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '18' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Suevic embarkation_ship_number: A29 public_note: '' | |
| 6 Jun 1916: | Embarked Lance Corporal, 271, 44th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Suevic, Fremantle | |
| 17 Sep 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, 271, 44th Infantry Battalion, Returned to Fremantle on Konigin Luise |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Helen Harmer
James Henry Dalziel Adam was born in Fremantle in January 1897 and enlisted at Perth on 6.2.1916. Aged 19 years and 1 month, he had permission from both parents, James Hunter Adam and Mary R. Adam. His father lived in Mary Street Fremantle and his mother in Broome House, Broome St Cottesloe. He had previously served with the 96th Infantry and was still serving at the time of his enlistment. He was described as being 5’7 ½” tall, with fair complexion, grey eyes, fair hair and a chest measurement of 29-33 inches. He was assigned service number 271, with the 44th Battalion, C Company. His occupation was a clerk and his denomination Presbyterian. James embarked from Fremantle on HMAT Suevic A29 on the 6.6.1916 and served in France. He attended hospital with bronchitis in December 1916. On 25.8.1917 he was promoted to Corporal, as Corporal Mills had been evacuated for over 3 months. On the 19.11.18 he was promoted to CQMS of the 44th Battalion. James returned to Fremantle on the 21.6.1919 on the Konigin Luise and disembarked on the 2.8.1919. He was discharged on the 17.9.1919. In April 1947, Daisy Sarah Esther Marie Adam of St George’s Terrace Perth was granted a divorce from James, on the grounds that the parties had lived apart for five years or more and were unlikely to resume cohabitation. James died in South Perth on the 22.10.1974 at the age of 77. He was cremated at Karrakatta cemetery and his ashes scattered.
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