Ralph Burton ADAMS

ADAMS, Ralph Burton

Service Number: 1305
Enlisted: 20 July 1915, Enlisted at Brisbane, QLD
Last Rank: Private
Last Unit: 1st ANZAC Cyclist Battalion
Born: Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, 19 December 1894
Home Town: Laidley, Lockyer Valley, Queensland
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Chaffeur
Died: France, July 1958, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery: Not yet discovered
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Biography contributed by Carol Foster

Son of Burton Jesse Adams and Daisy Ethel Nicholls formerly Adams nee Thornley of Willam Street, Laidley, QLD

In 1917 he married a French girl and remained in France after his discharge. His address in 1919 was 13 Rue Street, Camon, Somme, France.  Both when interred in a German Concentration Camp during WW2 and their health suffered greatly. After she died in in July 1957 Ralph remarried in February 1958 before he too died in July 1958

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal

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