ADAMS, John Methven Robertson
Service Number: | 22887 |
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Enlisted: | 8 July 1940 |
Last Rank: | Pilot Officer |
Last Unit: | No. 75 Squadron (RAAF) |
Born: | Ayr, Ayrshire, Scotland, 23 October 1908 |
Home Town: | Tiaro, Fraser Coast, Queensland |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
Died: | Accidental (Ground Accident), Cairns, Queensland, Australia, 3 February 1943, aged 34 years |
Cemetery: |
Cairns War Cemetery, Queensland Plot A. Row A. Grave 10, Cairns Cemetery, Cairns, Queensland, Australia |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Tiaro Shire Honour Roll WW2, Tiaro War Memorial |
World War 2 Service
3 Sep 1939: | Involvement Pilot Officer, 22887 | |
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8 Jul 1940: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, No. 75 Squadron (RAAF) | |
8 Jul 1940: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Pilot Officer, 22887, No. 75 Squadron (RAAF) |
Help us honour John Methven Robertson Adams's service by contributing information, stories, and images so that they can be preserved for future generations.
Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
Son of William Robertson Adams and Margaret Thomson Adams, of Coorparoo. J.P., Shire Councillor (Tiaro).
Biography contributed by David Barlow
Pilot Officer John Methven Robertson Adams 22887 (75SQN Equipment Officer) was killed when his motorcycle collided with a train in Cairns - details of the incident obtained from “Seek and Strike - 75 Squadron RAAF 1942 - 2002” by David J. Wilson
Biography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon
He is remembered on the War Memorial at Glastonbury, Somerset, England-outside St. John's Church in the High Street.