Edgar Copley ADAMS

ADAMS, Edgar Copley

    Service Number: Officer
    Enlisted: 7 March 1916
    Last Rank: Captain
    Last Unit: 44th Infantry Battalion
    Born: Laura, SA, 13 February 1882
    Home Town: Nedlands, Nedlands, Western Australia
    Schooling: Not yet discovered
    Occupation: Railway Station Master
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    World War 1 Service

    7 Mar 1916: Enlisted AIF WW1, Officer, 44th Infantry Battalion
    6 Jun 1916: Embarked AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, Officer, 44th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Suevic, Fremantle
    6 Jun 1916: Involvement AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, Officer, 44th Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1,

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    30 Mar 1917: Involvement AIF WW1, Captain, 44th Infantry Battalion

    World War 2 Service

    9 Oct 1939: Enlisted Subiaco, WA

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    Biography contributed by Faithe Jones

    Son of John ADAMS and Epenetus nee COPLY

    Lieutenant (Lieut) Edgar Copley Adams, 84th Infantry Battalion of the AMF, of Subiaco, WA. Lieut Adams enlisted with the AIF on 7 March 1916. He embarked aboard HMAT Suevic in Fremantle on 6 June 1916 as a Lieutenant Signals Officer in the 44th Battalion. He was promoted to the rank of Captain on 30 March 1917 and returned to Australia on 28 February 1919.

     

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