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Basil Donald Rex McADAM

Regimental number62476
Place of birthPenola, South Australia
SchoolMount Gambier Public and Grammar Schools, South Australia
ReligionPresbyterian
OccupationGrocer
AddressMount Gambier, South Australia
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation18
Next of kinFather, J McAdam, Commercial Street, Mount Gambier, South Australia
Enlistment date27 April 1918
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name5th South Australian Reinforcements
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/111/4
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Adelaide, South Australia, on board HMAT A36 Boonah on 22 October 1918
Unit from Nominal Roll5 GSR
FateNo details of fate entered on Nominal Roll
Place of death or woundingWestern Australia
Date of death14 December 1918
Age at death18.9
Age at death from cemetery records18
Place of burialRockingham Cemetery, Western Australia
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
185
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: John and Isabella MCADAM, Mt. Gambier. Native of Penola, South Australia
Family/military connectionsBrother to Glanville Monttague MMcAdam, 48th Battalion and won the Military Medal.

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