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ADAMS, Ralph Burton
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 1305 |
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| 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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Service History
World War 1 Service
| 20 Jul 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1305, 2nd Light Horse Regiment, Enlisted at Brisbane, QLD | |
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| 5 Oct 1915: | Involvement Private, 1305, 2nd Light Horse Regiment, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '1' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Warilda embarkation_ship_number: A69 public_note: '' | |
| 5 Oct 1915: | Embarked Private, 1305, 2nd Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Warilda, Brisbane | |
| 27 May 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 4th Division Cyclist Company, From 2nd Light Horse Regiment | |
| 9 Jul 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 1st ANZAC Cyclist Battalion, From 4th Division Cyclist Company | |
| 22 May 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 1305, 1st ANZAC Cyclist Battalion, Discharged in London, England. Unit demobilised |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography 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