ADAMS, Breally
| Service Number: | 2827 |
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| Enlisted: | 2 May 1916, Kalgoorlie, WA |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 5th Pioneer Battalion |
| Born: | Yatta Creek, South Australia, 4 May 1876 |
| Home Town: | Boulder, Kalgoorlie/Boulder, Western Australia |
| Schooling: | Barossa Public School |
| Occupation: | Miner / Labourer |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Belgium, 12 October 1917, aged 41 years |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Boulder Roll of Honor, Boulder Roll of Honour Board, Gawler Council Gawler Men Who Answered the Call WW1 Roll of Honor, Kalgoorlie St John's Anglican Church Honour Roll, Menin Gate Memorial (Commonwealth Memorial to the Missing of the Ypres Salient) |
World War 1 Service
| 2 May 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2827, 5th Pioneer Battalion, Kalgoorlie, WA | |
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| 30 Oct 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 2827, 5th Pioneer Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '5' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Port Melbourne embarkation_ship_number: A16 public_note: '' | |
| 30 Oct 1916: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 2827, 5th Pioneer Battalion, HMAT Port Melbourne, Fremantle | |
| 12 Oct 1917: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 2827, 5th Pioneer Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 2827 awm_unit: 5 Pioneer Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1917-10-12 |
Obituary
The Advertiser 5 December 1917
Sapper BREALLY ADAMS, killed in action in France, on October 13, was the seventh son of Mr. and Mrs. John Adams, of Cockatoo Valley. He was born at Barossa goldfields 42 years ago, and was educated at the Barossa public school. He spent many years working in the Broken Hill mines, and from there he went to Western Australia, where he enlisted, and sailed for England in November, 1916. He left for France on February 22, and there made the supreme sacrifice. Sapper Adams left a widow and five children in Western Australia.
Submitted 7 February 2016 by Faithe Jones
Biography contributed by Elizabeth Allen
Breally ADAMS was born in Yatta Creek, South Australia on 4th May, 1876
His parents were John ADAMS & Dinah SMITH
He married Ellen Elizabeth VILLIAS / VILLIS in Broken Hill, New South Wales in 1899 - two known children, Ellen Margaret born 1904 in Western Australia & Hazel Dorothy born 1901 in South Australia
He enlisted in Kalgoorlie, Western Australia on 2nd May, 1916 & embarked from Fremantle on 30th October, 1916 with the 5th Pioneer Battalion on the HMAT Port Melbourne
He was Killed in Action in Belgium on 12th October, 1917 - no known grave
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