Stanley Livingstone ADAMS

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ADAMS, Stanley Livingstone

Service Number:	15792
Enlisted:	27 October 1918, Quorn, South Australia
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	South Australian Infantry
Born:	Quorn, South Australia, 20 February 1900
Home Town:	Edwardstown, Marion, South Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Baker
Died:	31 August 1986, aged 86 years, cause of death not yet discovered, place of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Centennial Park Cemetery, South Australia Pasadena. Acacia Court, Shrub Bed 3, Position 021.
Memorials:

World War 1 Service

27 Oct 1918:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 15792, South Australian Infantry, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1
27 Oct 1918:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Quorn, South Australia
24 Dec 1918:	Discharged AIF WW1

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Biography

Born: 20/2/1900 at Quorn SA

Described on enlisting as youngest of 6 siblings; 18 years 8 months old; single; 5’ 2 ½” tall;
119 lbs; fair complexion; grey eyes; brown hair; Methodist

Mother Elizabeth Adams (nee Cheney b 29/6/1864 Templers SA – 27/11/1944) living at Hamley Bridge

Father John Thomas Adams (b. 8/5/1865 Bullcreek SA - married 12/6/1890)

25 May 1920 Elizabeth Adams wrote to The Office of Base Records – advising next of kin and noted that John Thomas Adams deserted his wife and family in 1904 – and nothing had been seen of him since, so Elizabeth is the next of kin.

Brother
John Albert Adams service # 731
(4/6/1891 - 27/4/1915 – died in action, France)

Sister
Elizabeth Violet Adams (15/8/1892 Hawker – 1969 Sandford VIC)
- m. James George NESS (19/5/1915 Clare)
- 3 children:- Beryl Esme (14/5/1919), Ronald James (12/5/1920) & Colin Angas (10/12/1926) Ness

Brother
Harry Henry Adams (22/11/1893 Hawker - ??)
- m. Zenobia Elizabeth Thurston (25/4/1917 Lochiel)
- 4 children:-Thomas Henry (b&d 2/4/1918), Glen Hurtle (22/12/1919), Clifford Edger
(9/8/1922) and Eva Valda (21/9/1924) ADAMS

Brother
Nathaniel Ray Adams (14/2/1895 Hawker – 29/7/1957 Kapunda)

Brother
Leo Thomas Leslie Adams   service #366
                                             (31/7/1896 Carrieton - returned from service)
                                             d. 23/5/1973 Dandenong, VIC)

Occupation: Baker (prior to enlistment) at Co-Operative Bakery in Quorn

Prior service: Cadets

27/10/1918          Enlisted in Quorn
                                Completed medical – fit for service
11/11 - 14/12/1918    B. Co. – Private, Mitcham Camp

24/12/1918 Discharged prior to leaving Australia
Cessation of hostilities (end of WWI)

Medals:
Memorial Plaque (326069)

15/1/1927 married Edna Clarice Traeger (b. 1905 – d. 8/8/1999) in Tanunda
18/12/1927 1 child - Geoffrey Trevor Adams

Last lived at Edwardstown.

31/8/1986 died in Adelaide
Buried in: Centennial Park Cemetery
Acacia Court, Shrub Bed 3, Position 021

Sourced and submitted by Julianne T Ryan. 6 October 2014. Lest we forget.

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