Edward Vernon ADAMS

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Service Number:	2674
Enlisted:	15 July 1915, Hobart,Tasmania, Australia
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	1st Pioneer Battalion
Born:	Avoca, Tasmania, Australia, 22 October 1889
Home Town:	Ormley, Break O'Day, Tasmania
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Miner
Died:	Killed in Action, France, 20 July 1916, aged 26 years
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France)

15 Jul 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2674, 12th Infantry Battalion, Hobart,Tasmania, Australia
10 Sep 1915:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 2674, 12th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: SS Makarini embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: ''
10 Sep 1915:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 2674, 12th Infantry Battalion, SS Makarini, Melbourne
20 Jul 1916:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 2674, 1st Pioneer Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 2674 awm_unit: 1st Australian Pioneer Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1916-07-20

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Son of Edward John ADAMS and Charlotte nee DENSLEY

27 November 1915 - Taken on strength, 12th Btn, Mudros

6 January 1916 - Disembarked Alexandria (general Gallipoli evacuation).

30 January 1916 - Admitted to 8th Field Ambulance, Serapeum (mumps);

31 January 1916 - Transferred to No 1 Australian Stationary Hospital, Ismailia, and then same day to 4th Auxiliary Hospital;

14 February 1916 - Discharged to unit, and rejoined Btn

26 March 1916 - Embarked Alexandria to join the British Expeditionary Force

2 April 1916 - Disembarked Marseilles, France

20 July 1916 - Missing in action (shell explosion)

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal

26 May 1924 - Wife wrote to Base Records referring to underpaid postage of mail from Base Records

Husband of Emma Victoria Adams of Ormley, Tasmania. Father of Phyliss Joy Adams, Aileen May Adams, Charlotte Noreen Adams and Stanley Adams