WARDROP, Adam Gladstone
| Service Number: | 27137 |
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| Enlisted: | 13 March 1916, Rockhampton, Queensland |
| Last Rank: | Driver |
| Last Unit: | 7th Field Artillery Brigade |
| Born: | Watsonville, Queensland, Australia, 22 November 1886 |
| Home Town: | Mackay, Mackay, Queensland |
| Schooling: | State School |
| Occupation: | Horse Driver / Labourer |
| Died: | Illness, Died at sea, France, 8 May 1919, aged 32 years |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Buried at sea 8.5.1919, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France |
| Tree Plaque: |
Anzac Tree Watsonville
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| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Mackay Cenotaph, Mackay Old Town Hall Honour Roll, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France) |
World War 1 Service
| 13 Mar 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 27137, 9th Field Artillery Brigade , Rockhampton, Queensland | |
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| 18 Apr 1916: | Promoted AIF WW1, Gunner, 9th Field Artillery Brigade | |
| 30 Sep 1916: | Involvement Driver, 27137, 9th Field Artillery Brigade , --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '4' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Aeneas embarkation_ship_number: A60 public_note: '' | |
| 30 Sep 1916: | Embarked Driver, 27137, 9th Field Artillery Brigade , HMAT Aeneas, Sydney | |
| 5 Feb 1917: | Transferred AIF WW1, Driver, 7th Field Artillery Brigade | |
| 8 May 1919: | Involvement Driver, 27137, 7th Field Artillery Brigade, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 27137 awm_unit: 7th Australian Field Artillery Brigade awm_rank: Driver awm_died_date: 1919-05-08 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Elizabeth Allen
Adam Gradstone WARDROP was born on 22nd November, 1886 in Watsonville, Queensland
His parents were Henry Chatto WARDROP and Mary Frances BYRNE
He married Wilhelmina Amelia (Minnie) SCHAEFER in 1916 in Queensland
Adam enlisted on 13th March, 1916 in Rockhampton and embarked with the 9th Field Artillery Brigade, 4th reinforcements from Sydney on the HMAT Aeneas on the 30th September, 1916
He was wounded in action on 21st September, 1917 from gas shell poisoning & admitted to Hospital on 27th September & was also at Queen Mary Hospital in England on 14th October, 1917 - his health slowly deteriorated from then on with multiple illnesses and on 31st March, 1919 he left Southampton, UK on the ship Wandilla to return to Australia as he was invalided home due to illness
Adam died at sea on 8th May, 1919 and was buried at sea the same day - his death was caused by chronic nephritis & uraemia
His name is memorialised on the Australian War Memorial, the Australian National Memorial at Villers Bretonneux & the Mackay Town Hall Honour Board in Queensland - he was awarded the British War Medal & the Victory Medal
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11th DB as Private 16.3.16
Gunner 18.4.16
20th reinforcements Field Artillery as Driver 6.6.16
9th Field Artillery Brigade, 4th reinforcements from 13th June, 1916 to 16th January, 1917
3rd Division Artillery as Driver from 17th January, 1917 to 4th February, 1917
Transferred to 7th Field Artillery Brigade as Driver 5.2.17
Transferred to 3rd Division Artillery 16.1.17
Wounded in action 21.9.17 - gas shell poisoning
Last Unit - 7th Field Artillery Brigade - 27th Battery
"LEST WE FORGET"
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