Robert Tait ADAMS

ADAMS, Robert Tait

    Service Number: 1130
    Enlisted: 23 March 1916, Enlisted at Brisbane, QLD
    Last Rank: Private
    Last Unit: 15th Infantry Battalion
    Born: Kerry, Queensland, Australia, 20 November 1894
    Home Town: Canungra, Scenic Rim, Queensland
    Schooling: Not yet discovered
    Occupation: Timber Feller
    Died: 7 September 1967, aged 72 years, cause of death not yet discovered, place of death not yet discovered
    Cemetery: Not yet discovered
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    World War 1 Service

    23 Mar 1916: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1130, 42nd Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Brisbane, QLD
    5 Jun 1916: Embarked Private, 1130, 42nd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Borda, Sydney
    5 Jun 1916: Involvement Private, 1130, 42nd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '18' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Borda embarkation_ship_number: A30 public_note: ''
    6 Jun 1917: Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 1130, 42nd Infantry Battalion
    31 Jul 1917: Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 1130, 42nd Infantry Battalion, Second occasion.
    13 Oct 1917: Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 1130, 42nd Infantry Battalion, Third occasion. Shell wounds to the arm and chest. Invalided to England on 19 October 1917 aboard HS St Andrew
    30 Oct 1918: Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 15th Infantry Battalion, From 42nd Battalion
    31 Oct 1919: Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 1130, 15th Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 1st Military District as medically unfit

    Life History

    Robert was born in Kerry just outside of Beaudesert Queensland. to William and Mary nee Murray.
    He married Susan Mary Hood. on the 3rd June 1919 at the Parish Church Newport Monmouthshire, in Wales England.
    Robert died 20th November 1984 in Queensland

    Submitted 10 April 2016 by Coralyn Cowin

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    Biography contributed by Carol Foster

    Son of William Adams and Mary Adams nee Murray of Logan Village, Canungra, QLD

    Husband of Susan Mary Adams nee Hood. Robert and Susan were married on 3 June 1919 in the Parish Church, Newport, England. Vicar H. Roberts officiated

    Commenced return to Australia on 23 July 1919 aboard HT Canberra disembarking on the 14 September 1919 in Sydney for onward travel to Brisbane

    Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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