Thomas Symington ADAMS

ADAMS, Thomas Symington

Service Number: QX20124
Enlisted: 10 March 1941
Last Rank: Private
Last Unit: General / Motor Transport Company/ies (WW2)
Born: Catrine, Scotland, 26 February 1900
Home Town: Wowan, Banana, Queensland
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: General carrier
Died: Died of Illness (POW of Japan), Burma, 1 September 1943, aged 43 years
Cemetery: Thanbyuzayat War Cemetery, (Burma)
Plot A10, Row A, Grave 3, Thanbyuzayat War Cemetery, Thanbyuzayat, Mon State, Myanmar
Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial, Loyal Wowan Lodge M.U.I.O.O.F. Honour Board, Wowan War Memorial
Show Relationships

World War 2 Service

10 Mar 1941: Enlisted Private, QX20124, Rockhampton, Queensland
10 Mar 1941: Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, QX20124, General / Motor Transport Company/ies (WW2)
16 Feb 1942: Imprisoned Malaya/Singapore
1 Sep 1943: Involvement Private, QX20124, General / Motor Transport Company/ies (WW2), Prisoners of War

Help us honour Thomas Symington Adams's service by contributing information, stories, and images so that they can be preserved for future generations.

Biography

Australian Army Service Corps, 3 Reserve Motor Transport Company

Rank - Private

31 October 1942 - PRisoner of War in Java

Medals: 1939-45 Star, Pacific Star, War Medal,

Son of Thomas and Margaret Adams; Husband of Dorcas Ella Annandale Adams, of Wowan, Queensland