ADAMS, George Edward
| Service Number: | 1541 |
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| Enlisted: | 26 August 1915, Chermside, Queensland |
| Last Rank: | Gunner |
| Last Unit: | 2nd Division Medium and Heavy Trench Mortar Batteries, AIF |
| Born: | Lancashire, England, 1877 |
| Home Town: | Tenterfield, Tenterfield Municipality, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Killed in Action, France, 12 March 1917 |
| Cemetery: |
Warlencourt British Cemetery IV. J. 6., |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Toowoomba Roll of Honour WW1, Toowoomba War Memorial (Mothers' Memorial) |
World War 1 Service
| 26 Aug 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1541, 2nd Light Horse Regiment, Chermside, Queensland | |
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| 30 Nov 1915: | Involvement Private, 1541, 2nd Light Horse Regiment, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '1' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Suffolk embarkation_ship_number: A23 public_note: '' | |
| 30 Nov 1915: | Embarked Private, 1541, 2nd Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Suffolk, Sydney | |
| 13 Mar 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Gunner, 2nd Divisional Ammunition Column | |
| 23 Jul 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Gunner, 2nd Division Medium and Heavy Trench Mortar Batteries, AIF | |
| 12 Mar 1917: | Involvement Gunner, 1541, 2nd Division Medium and Heavy Trench Mortar Batteries, AIF, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 1541 awm_unit: 2nd Australian Division Trench Mortars awm_rank: Gunner awm_died_date: 1917-03-12 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Michael Silver
Private George Edward Adams (1541) was born in England, and was the son of Mr. George E. Adams, of Tenterfield, N.S.W. On 16 May 1902 he married Miss Honorah (Nora) Agnes Horan, a daughter of Daniel William and Mary Horan, of McKenzie Street, Range, Toowoomba, Queensland and they had three children, George Edward, Arthur Daniel, and Mabel Margaret. He went into camp at Chernside, Queensland and sailed for Egypt in October 1915 with the 2nd Light Horse Regiment. He was sent to France, and attached to the 2nd Divisional Ammunition Column. In July 1916, George Adams was transferred to the 2nd Trench Mortar Battery as a gunner, and was with this unit when he was killed on 12 March 1917. He was buried in an isolated grave near Achiet-le-Grand about 6 kilometres north west of Bapaume, France. In 1924 the Commonwealth War Graves Commission exhumed his remains and re-interred them at Warlencourt British Cemetery.
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