ADAMS, Henry James
| Service Number: | 471 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 5th Queensland Imperial Bushmen |
| Born: | England, United Kingdom, date not yet discovered |
| Home Town: | Not yet discovered |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Stock Collector- Mititary Stock Department, Pretoria, South Africa |
| Memorials: |
Boer War Service
| 1 Oct 1899: | Involvement Private, 471, 5th Queensland Imperial Bushmen | |
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| 6 Mar 1901: | Embarked Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 471, 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. | |
| 26 Mar 1902: | Discharged Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 471, 5th Queensland Imperial Bushmen, Qld State Archives- Boer War Service Paybooks 5th QIB, Bk 3 p. 136, notes gratuity paid in South Africa with newspaper reports indicating discharged in South Africa for employment there on 26 Mar 1902. |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Claude McKelvey
When Henry James Adams enlisted in 1901 in the 5th QIB and his details were published in The Queenslander, 16 Mar 1901, he noted his N.O.K. as his mother Mrs. C. R. Adams, Bitten Park, Southampton, England.
In the Boer War Service Paybooks for the 5th QIB, Bk 3 p. 136, it notes his war gratuity was paid out at Cape Town in South Africa. Report in the Brisbane Courier, 16 May 1902, records he was discharged in South Africa on 26 Mar 1902 to allow him to take up employment there. The Boer War Service Paybooks note in his contact details post discharge he was working as a Stock Collector with the Military Stock Department in Pretoria.
(source- AWM Boer War Nominal Roll, Murray p. 503; Qld State Archives- Boer War Service Paybooks 5th QIB, Bk 3 p. 136).
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