Private Adams -11th Battalion AIF - 1917
5044 Private
H G Adams
11th Bttn Australian Inf.
28th September 1917 Age 21
Name: ADAMS, HERBERT GERALD
Rank: Private Regiment/Service: Australian Infantry, A.I.F. Unit Text: 11th Bn.
Age: 21 Date of Death: 28/09/1917 Service No: 5044
Additional information: Son of Henry Arthur and Frances Ellen Adams, of Yallingup, Western Australia. Born at Busselton, Western Australia.
Grave/Memorial Reference: 54. 699. Cemetery: NORWICH CEMETERY, Norfolk
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No match on Norlink
Private Adams army records can be seen in the Australian National Archive here
naa12.naa.gov.au/scripts/imagine.asp?B=3021962&I=1&am...
He enlisted on the 4/2/1916 at the age of 19 years and 11 months. He give his occupation as farmer, his birthplace as Quindalup in the County of Sussex, Western Australia and his next of kin as his father Harry and mother of Yallingup via Busselton. As he was under 21, they both had to consent to him serving overseas.
At his medical he is described as 5’8” tall, weighing 144lbs, of fair complexion with greenish eyes and brown hair.
He embarked on the 31st March at Freemantle, Western Australia, on the HMAT Shropshire. He had been posted to the 16th Re-enforcements for the 11th battalion for his basic training, but on the 24/4 was admitted to hospital in Suez with influenza and not discharged until the 13/6. On the 3/7 he was back in again with Gastritis. On the 29/7 he rejoined the re-enforcements and was posted to France to join “C” Company.
On the 10/11/1916 he was admitted to Tidworth hospital in England suffering from “orchitis” (?), being discharged on the 16th.
After various moves over the next few months, he finally seems to arrive in France with his battalion on the 1/5/1917 in France.
He was wounded in action on the 22/09/1917. By the 23rd he was on the hospital ship for England.
He passed away at the Norfolk and Norwich Hospial on the 27-Sep-1917 as a result of Gun Shot Wounds to the side, and Endocarditis. The official notification from the hospital to the Austalian HQ states he died on the 27th September at 9.20 pm.
There is nothing in the records to indicate is was subsequently amended to the 28th
so I can only assume this is an error with the CWGC records.
He was buried on the 2nd October 1917.
The 11th Battalion were engaged in Third Ypres, also known as Passchendaele, but there was little action on the 22nd September.
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Private Adams -11th Battalion AIF - 1917
5044 Private
H G Adams
11th Bttn Australian Inf.
28th September 1917 Age 21
Name: ADAMS, HERBERT GERALD
Rank: Private Regiment/Service: Australian Infantry, A.I.F. Unit Text: 11th Bn.
Age: 21 Date of Death: 28/09/1917 Service No: 5044
Additional information: Son of Henry Arthur and Frances Ellen Adams, of Yallingup, Western Australia. Born at Busselton, Western Australia.
Grave/Memorial Reference: 54. 699. Cemetery: NORWICH CEMETERY, Norfolk
www.cwgc.org/search/casualty_details.aspx?casualty=2803023
No match on Norlink
Private Adams army records can be seen in the Australian National Archive here
naa12.naa.gov.au/scripts/imagine.asp?B=3021962&I=1&am...
He enlisted on the 4/2/1916 at the age of 19 years and 11 months. He give his occupation as farmer, his birthplace as Quindalup in the County of Sussex, Western Australia and his next of kin as his father Harry and mother of Yallingup via Busselton. As he was under 21, they both had to consent to him serving overseas.
At his medical he is described as 5’8” tall, weighing 144lbs, of fair complexion with greenish eyes and brown hair.
He embarked on the 31st March at Freemantle, Western Australia, on the HMAT Shropshire. He had been posted to the 16th Re-enforcements for the 11th battalion for his basic training, but on the 24/4 was admitted to hospital in Suez with influenza and not discharged until the 13/6. On the 3/7 he was back in again with Gastritis. On the 29/7 he rejoined the re-enforcements and was posted to France to join “C” Company.
On the 10/11/1916 he was admitted to Tidworth hospital in England suffering from “orchitis” (?), being discharged on the 16th.
After various moves over the next few months, he finally seems to arrive in France with his battalion on the 1/5/1917 in France.
He was wounded in action on the 22/09/1917. By the 23rd he was on the hospital ship for England.
He passed away at the Norfolk and Norwich Hospial on the 27-Sep-1917 as a result of Gun Shot Wounds to the side, and Endocarditis. The official notification from the hospital to the Austalian HQ states he died on the 27th September at 9.20 pm.
There is nothing in the records to indicate is was subsequently amended to the 28th
so I can only assume this is an error with the CWGC records.
He was buried on the 2nd October 1917.
The 11th Battalion were engaged in Third Ypres, also known as Passchendaele, but there was little action on the 22nd September.
www.diggerhistory.info/pages-conflicts-periods/ww1/1aif/1...
forum.irishmilitaryonline.com/showthread.php?t=11535&...