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Service Number:	Officer
Enlisted:	12 January 1916, Blackboy Hill, Western Australia
Last Rank:	Lieutenant
Last Unit:	44th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Inglewood, Victoria, Australia, 6 May 1889
Home Town:	Pingelly, Pingelly, Western Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Farmer
Died:	Killed In Action, France, 26 August 1918, aged 29 years
Cemetery:	Suzanne Military Cemetery No.3 I C 6
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Bears Lagoon School Roll of Honor, Pingelly Memorial Rotunda, St. James Presbyterian & Anglican Churches Roll of Honour

12 Jan 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, Officer, 44th Infantry Battalion, Blackboy Hill, Western Australia
29 Jan 1917:	Involvement AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, Officer, 44th Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '18' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Miltiades embarkation_ship_number: A28 public_note: ''
29 Jan 1917:	Embarked AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, Officer, 44th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Miltiades, Fremantle
28 Oct 1917:	Involvement AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 44th Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: awm_unit: 44th Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Lieutenant awm_died_date: 1918-08-26

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Promoted to Lieutenant, 1 October 1916, in the 44th Battalion. He had been wounded on 8 August 1918 but returned to duty, a couple of days later.

His brother, 3017 Pte Robert Adam also of the 44th Battalion AIF, had been killed in action the previous month, 4 July 1918.