TAMS, Albert
| Service Number: | 28985 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Corporal |
| Last Unit: | 6th Medium Trench Mortar Battery |
| Born: | Colwich, Staffordshire, England, 1887 |
| Home Town: | Stockton, Newcastle, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Storekeeper |
| Died: | Killed in Action, France, 29 September 1918 |
| Cemetery: |
Unicorn Cemetery, Vendhuile Plot II, Row D, Grave 19 Headstone Inscription "IN MEMORY OF THE DEARLY LOVED SON OF MRS.MARY YOUNG OF STOCKTON,N.S.W." |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Baulkham Hills William Thompson Masonic School War Memorial, St Paul's Church Stockton HR, Stockton Soldiers Memorial, Sydney United Grand Lodge Honour Roll |
World War 1 Service
| 17 Oct 1916: | Involvement Gunner, 28985, Medium Trench Mortar Batteries, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '4' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Borda embarkation_ship_number: A30 public_note: '' | |
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| 17 Oct 1916: | Embarked Gunner, 28985, Medium Trench Mortar Batteries, HMAT Borda, Sydney | |
| 29 Sep 1918: | Wounded AIF WW1, Corporal, 28985, 6th Medium Trench Mortar Battery, Breaching the Hindenburg Line - Cambrai / St Quentin Canal, Killed in action |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Daryl Jones
Son of Mary YOUNG (Formerly TAMS), of Stockton, New South Wales, and the late Leonard TAMS. Native of Weston-on-Trent, England.
Biography contributed by Louise Hebbe
Albert was the son of Leonard TAMS and Mary YOUNG (formerly TAMS nee FROGGATT). Born in Colwich, Staffordshire, England in 1887 he was the youngest of his three siblings, Ellen TAMS, Arthur TAMS (Service No: 20988) and Millicent TAMS. After his fathers death in 1891, his mother married William YOUNG in 1894. Albert arrived in New South Wales, Australia on the 28th April 1900 on the ship Ortona. Albert was known in the Hunter Valley district as a music composer and song writer and was involved in the creation of the songs titled Love Knots Waltz, Night Waltz, Where the Hunter River Flows, On the Promenade and In the Ranks of the Firing Line.