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Frederick Charles ADAMS

Regimental number1651
Place of birthLockee, Dundee, Scotland
SchoolAcrum Road School, Lockee, Scotland
Age on arrival in Australia18
ReligionPresbyterian
OccupationOrchardist
AddressElsternwick, Victoria
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation19
Next of kinMother, Mrs Jane Adams, 30 South Road, Lochee via Dundee, Scotland
Enlistment date26 January 1915
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll26 January 1915
Place of enlistmentShepparton, Victoria
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name21st Battalion, 2nd Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/38/2
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A64 Demosthenes on 16 July 1915
Rank from Nominal RollLance Corporal
Unit from Nominal Roll57th Battalion
FateDied of wounds 19 August 1916
Place of death or woundingFrance
Date of death10 August 1916
Age at death21
Age at death from cemetery records21
Place of burialWimereux Communal Cemetery (Plot, Row P, Grave No. 20), France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
163
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: James and Jane Moire ADAMS, 30 South Road, Lochee, Dundee, Scotland
Other details

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

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