Arthur John ADAMS

ADAMS, Arthur John

Service Number: 573
Enlisted: 18 September 1914, Enlisted at Sale, Victoria
Last Rank: Private
Last Unit: 8th Infantry Battalion
Born: Richmond, Victoria, Australia, 1891
Home Town: Glengarry, Latrobe, Victoria
Schooling: South Gippsland State School, Victoria, Australia
Occupation: Farm Hand
Died: Killed in Action, Belgium, 20 September 1917
Cemetery: No known grave - "Known Unto God"
Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres, Flanders, Belgium
Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Bundalaguah, Montgomery & Mrytlebank Roll of Honour, Glengarry War Memorial, Menin Gate Memorial (Commonwealth Memorial to the Missing of the Ypres Salient), Rosedale Shire Honour Roll, Sale Cenotaph
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World War 1 Service

18 Sep 1914: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 573, 4th Light Horse Regiment, Enlisted at Sale, Victoria
19 Oct 1914: Involvement Private, 573, 4th Light Horse Regiment, Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '2' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Wiltshire embarkation_ship_number: A18 public_note: ''
19 Oct 1914: Embarked Private, 573, 4th Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Wiltshire, Melbourne
7 Aug 1915: Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 573, 4th Light Horse Regiment, ANZAC / Gallipoli, Wounds to the arm and foot
20 Mar 1916: Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 1st Light Horse Regiment, From the 4th Light Horse Regiment
7 Jul 1916: Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 2nd Light Horse Regiment, From 1st Light Horse Regiment
10 Jun 1917: Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 8th Infantry Battalion, From the 2nd Light Horse Regiment
20 Sep 1917: Involvement Private, 573, 8th Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 573 awm_unit: 8 Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1917-09-20

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Biography contributed by Carol Foster

Son of George Harris Adams and Mary Adams nee Dixon of 'Woodlands', Glengarry, Victoria

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal