ADAMS, Harcourt
| Service Number: | 2496 |
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| Enlisted: | 10 June 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 15th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Glamorgan, Tasmania, Australia, 8 August 1890 |
| Home Town: | Hobart, Tasmania |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Seaman |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Mouquet Farm, France, 9 August 1916, aged 26 years |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Hobart Roll of Honour, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France) |
World War 1 Service
| 10 Jun 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2496, 15th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 17 Jul 1915: | Involvement Private, 2496, 15th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '11' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Orsova embarkation_ship_number: A67 public_note: '' | |
| 17 Jul 1915: | Embarked Private, 2496, 15th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Orsova, Melbourne | |
| 4 Nov 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 2496, 15th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli | |
| 9 Aug 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 2496, 15th Infantry Battalion, Mouquet Farm |
War Service
Born 08 August 1890 in Glamorgan, Tasmania.
Son of Frederick ADAMS & Alice nee QUINN
Of 43 Smith St, Hobart, Tasmania
Occupation prior to enlisting: Seafaring
Enlisted: 10 June 1915
Embarkation: 17 July 1915 from Melbourne per ‘Orsova’
Age: 24 years
Served in Egypt, Gallipoli & France
Killed in Action at Pozieres, France on 9 August 1916
Aged 26 years
Commemorated Villers-Bretonneux Memorial
Submitted 29 January 2016 by Faithe Jones
Biography contributed by Faithe Jones
Son of Frederick ADAMS and Alice nee QUINN
Mrs. Alice Adams, of 43 Smith-street, has been notified by the military authorities that her only son, Private Harcourt (Duke) Adams has been missing in France since August 9. He left here fourteen months ago for the front, and was in the evacuation of Gallipoli. Previous to enlisting he was in the employ of Messrs, W. Holyman and Sons. He attained his 26th birthday on August 8.
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