Thomas Clifford ADAMS

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ADAMS, Thomas Clifford

Service Number:	6473
Enlisted:	Not yet discovered
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	10th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Burnside, South Australia, 4 May 1885
Home Town:	Black Forest, Unley, South Australia
Schooling:	Marryatville Public School & Pulteney Grammar School
Occupation:	Clerk
Died:	Killed in Action, Belgium, 21 September 1917, aged 32 years
Cemetery:	Hooge Crater Cemetery, Belgium II E 3, Hooge Crater Cemetery, Passchendaele, Flanders, Belgium
Memorials:	Adelaide National War Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Rose Park Burnside & District - Fallen Soldiers Memorial Trees - Rose Park, Unley Arch of Remembrance, Unley Town Hall WW1 Honour Board

World War 1 Service

23 Oct 1916:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 6473, 10th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Port Melbourne embarkation_ship_number: A16 public_note: ''
23 Oct 1916:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 6473, 10th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Port Melbourne, Adelaide
21 Sep 1917:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 6473, 10th Infantry Battalion, Menin Road

Obituary

The Register Wednesday 05 June 1918 page 8

Pte. Thomas Clifford Adams, eldest surviving son of Mr. and Mrs. W. M. Adams, of Gordon Road Back Forest Estate, was killed in action on September 21, 1917. The deceased enlisted in June, 1916, and embarked for England in October with the 10th Battalion. After a few months training it camp at Salisbury Plains he was drafted to France. He was born at Bumside on May 4, 1885, and received his early education at the Marryatville Public School, completing at the Pulteney Street Grammar School. Later he entered the employ of Messrs. Macrow & Sons, and remained with them, with tbe exception of two short intervals, almost up to the time of his enlistment. He was of a gentle and lovable disposition and had many friends by whom he will be surely missed. He was a member of the Black Forest Baptist Church, and Secretary of the Sunday School. His younger brother Pte. R.M.Adams was wounded in France, and his brother-in-law, Pte. T. K. Barnes, who was recently wounded, is also in England.

Biography

Son of William Materman ADAMS and Mary Gertrude nee BARNES

Biography contributed by Charlie BRADEY

Thomas Clifford Adams was the son of William Masterman Adams and Mary Gertrude Adams, and the brother of Roy Masterman Adams. Thomas Adams was born on the 4th of May 1885 in Burnside, South Australia. Thomas Adams went to Marryatville Public School for his first years and then went to Pulteney Grammar School for his last years. After finishing school Thomas Adams became a clerk, a job he kept until he enlisted for the war. Thomas Adams enlisted to become a soldier in Adelaide on the 11th of August 1916 where he was ranked as a private for the unit 10th Battalion 21st Reinforcement.

Thomas Adams would wait 2 months before his unit would embark on the 21st of October 1916 from Melbourne, Victoria on board the HMAT A16 Port Melbourne. Thomas Adams was admitted to the ship's hospital on the 6th of December 1916 and was discharged from the hospital on the 14th of December 1916. HMAT A16 Port Melbourne disembarked in Devonport, England on the 28th of December 1916. On the 29th of December 1916, Thomas Adam’s unit joined the 3rd Training Battalion in Durrington camp number 3.

On the 5th of April 1917, Thomas Adams left the 3rd training battalion with his unit and proceeded overseas to France via Folkstone. On the 6th of April 1917 Thomas Adams and his unit stayed at an Australian Divisional base depot. On the 9th of April 1917 Thomas Adams and his unit departed continuing their journey to France. On the 21st of April 1917, he was admitted to the hospital until he was discharged on the 1st of May 1917. On the 7th of September 1917, he joined the 3rd Brigade headquarters.

On the 11th of September 1917, Thomas Adams returned to his Battalion. On the 20th of September, Thomas Adams was wounded in action in Belgium. Later that day Thomas Adams would be reported previously wounded now missing in action. On the 21st of September 1917, Thomas Adams was reported as killed in action. Thomas Adams died in Passchendaele, Ypres, Belgium and is now buried in Hooge Crater Cemetery (Plot II, Row E, Grave No. 3), Zillebeke, Belgium.

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