Volunteers of Essendon and Flemington, 1914-1918
7436 Pte Herbert Walter Adams 14 Inf Bn Aged 20 Wireworker Single C of E
Address: Moonee Ponds, Orford St, 44
Next of kin: Adams, E L, Mrs, mother, 44 Orford St, Moonee Ponds
Enlisted: 2 Jul 1917
Embarked: A71 Nestor 21 Nov 1917
Prior service with CMF 58 Inf Regt
Relatives on Active Service:
Young W- Pte-4948 cousin
Adams E A W Sgt 56 Inf Bn DCM uncle (of Richmond)
Date of Death 08/08/1918
CWGC: 'Son of Herbert Alfred William and Eliza Lily Adams, of 44, Orford St., Moonee Ponds, Victoria, Australia'.
CERISY-GAILLY MILITARY CEMETERY
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Pte. H. W. Adams, 14th Battalion, was killed in action in France on 8th August. He was the eldest son of Mr. H. A. W. Adams of 44 Orford street, Moonee Ponds, and his cousin, Corp. W. Young, 58th Battalion, is still on active service. His uncle, Sergt. E. A. W. Adams, was decorated with the D.C.M.
ROLL OF HONOR. (1918, September 5). The Essendon Gazette and Keilor, Bulla and Broadmeadows Reporter (Moonee Ponds, Vic. : 1914 - 1918), p. 2 Edition: Morning. Retrieved August 10, 2012, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article74607076 |
War Service Commemorated
Essendon Gazette Roll of Honour Wounded
History of the 14th Battalion, AIF, The: by Newton Wanliss, 1929 ROH p 383