John Alfred ADAMS

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Service Number:	808
Enlisted:	22 November 1915, Enlisted at Brisbane, QLD
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	41st Infantry Battalion
Born:	Gladstone, Queensland, Australia, 5 January 1891
Home Town:	Moree, Moree Plains, New South Wales
Schooling:	Howall, Public School, New South Wales, Australia
Occupation:	Farrier
Died:	Died of wounds, Belgium, 6 October 1917, aged 26 years
Cemetery:	Nine Elms British Cemetery Plot 1V, Row 1, Grave 1 Headstone inscription reads: Beloved son of Mr. & Mrs. Frank Adams Mores, N.S.W. Note: Mores maybe a misprint and possibly should read Moree, Nine Elms British Cemetery, Poperinghe, Flanders, Belgium
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Brisbane 41st Battalion Roll of Honour, Moree & District Fallen Soldiers Honour Roll, Moree ANZAC Centenary Memorial, Moree ANZAC Centenary Memorial, Moree Memorial Hall Boer War & WW1 Honour Roll

22 Nov 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 808, 41st Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Brisbane, QLD
18 May 1916:	Embarked Private, 808, 41st Infantry Battalion, HMAT Demosthenes, Sydney
18 May 1916:	Involvement Private, 808, 41st Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '18' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Demosthenes embarkation_ship_number: A64 public_note: ''
4 Oct 1917:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 808, 41st Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, Wound to the forehead
6 Oct 1917:	Involvement Private, 808, 41st Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 808 awm_unit: 41st Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1917-10-06

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