Charles Lonsglow ADAMS

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ADAMS, Charles Lonsglow

Service Number:	145
Enlisted:	Not yet discovered
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	5th Queensland Imperial Bushmen
Born:	Orange, New South Wales, Australia, 1 August 1879
Home Town:	Scone, Upper Hunter Shire, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Not yet discovered
Died:	Heart Problems, West Wallsend, New South Wales, Australia, 10 May 1958, aged 78 years
Cemetery:	West Wallsend General Cemetery, NSW Plot: Old Sec 3: Row V: Plot 32
Memorials:

Boer War Service

1 Oct 1899:	Involvement Private, 145, 5th Queensland Imperial Bushmen
6 Mar 1901:	Embarked Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 145, 5th Queensland Imperial Bushmen, AWM Boer War Unit Details, Murray p. 488 notes 5th QIB embarked at Pinkenba 6 Mar 1901 aboard Templemore arriving Port Elizabeth 1 Apr 1901.
5 May 1902:	Discharged Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 145, 5th Queensland Imperial Bushmen, AWM Boer War Unit Details, Murray p. 491 notes 5th QIB embarked at Cape Town 27 Mar 1902 aboard St Andrew returning to Australia arriving Brisbane 30 Apr 1902, disbanded 5 May 1902.

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Biography contributed by Claude McKelvey

Charles Langslow Adams (2nd given name derivatives Lonsglow/Langlow) was born on 1 Aug 1879 at Orange, NSW, a son to William Longslow Adams and Jane Adams. He married twice in NSW, first to Muriel L. Abrahams in 1903 at Murwillumbah, and second to Elizabeth Muir in 1915 at West Wallsend with whom he had 4 children.

He served twice in the South African (Boer) War and again in WW1. First service was as a Private S.N. 374 in the 4th Queensland Imperial Bushmen, Boer War from which he was invalided and discharged early. Second service was as a Private S.N. 145 in the 5th Queensland Imperial Bushmen, Boer War. Third service was as a Corporal S.N. 3266 in the No. 4 Tunnelling Company AIF, WW1.

(sources AWM Boer War Nominal Roll, Murray p. 486 & 496; National Archives Australia- Boer War Dossier 1st service and WW1 service record; Australian Boer War Memorial Database Bio).

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