ADAMS, Charles Henry Montague
| Service Number: | 4982 |
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| Enlisted: | 10 March 1916 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 27th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Hampton Wick, Middlesex, England, 26 November 1876 |
| Home Town: | Glen Osmond, Burnside, South Australia |
| Schooling: | English Boarding School, England |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Killed in Action, France, 5 November 1916, aged 39 years |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France |
| Memorials: | Adelaide Grand Masonic Lodge WW1 Honour Board (2), Adelaide National War Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France), Walkerville St. Andrew's Anglican Church Honour Roll |
World War 1 Service
| 10 Mar 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 4982 | |
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| 24 Jun 1916: | Involvement Private, 4982, 27th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '15' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Bulla embarkation_ship_number: A45 public_note: '' | |
| 24 Jun 1916: | Embarked Private, 4982, 27th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Bulla, Adelaide |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Elizabeth Allen
Charles Henry Montague ADAMS was born on 26th November, 1876 in Hampton Wick, Middlesex, England
His parents were Charles ADAMS & Mary Ann HALE
He married Sarah Elizabeth WILSON in the Methodist Manse in Adelaide, South Australia - one child Sarah Evelyn ADAMS born 9.8.1905 - his wife Sarah died the following day, aged 24 years
Charles remarried in South Australia as a Widower to Esther HARRISON on 29th August, 1908 in the Holy Trinity Church, Adelaide - they had four children
1. Thomas Francis ADAMS b. 1909
2. Charles Percival ADAMS b. 1910
3. Mary Jean ADAMS b. 1913
4. Ada Olive ADAMS b. 1916
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