Parents……John Ebenezer Adams & Minnie Louisa Bailey married 11 Dec 1887 in Essex, England.
Brother...... 680 Private (#680) Albert Ernest Adams, 41st Battalion, discharged, 11 April 1918.
~~~ADAMS, Sidney James_Australian Imperial Force_ AIF_The Great War. (Service).~~~
Australian Imperial Force Number……253, (15th Battalion, B Company).
Religion...... Church of England
Education......Maynard Road Board School, Walthamstow, England
Arrived in Australia...... 1909 at the age of 14 years.
Civil employ......Storeman
Home Address...... Prospect Street, Toowoomba, Queensland
Marital status...... Single
Next of kin...... Mother, Mrs Minnie L Adams, "Ardwell" Prospect Street, Toowoomba, Queensland
Prior military service...... 2 months in the 11th Infantry, Citizen Military Forces.
Attested into AIF...... 26th October 1914 in Toowoomba, Queensland.
Age on enlistment...... 19 years
Affirmed rank on enlistment/death...... Private.
Final Posting......15th Australian Infantry Battalion, AIF.
Embarked from......Melbourne, Victoria, aboard Transport A40 Ceramic on 22 December 1914.
Fate...... Killed in Action, 8th August 1915, Gallipoli Peninsula, Turkey.
Burial......No known grave. (No report of burial).
Dedicated War Memorial......The Lone Pine Memorial (Panel 44), Gallipoli, Turkey.
War service...... Egypt, Gallipoli
Medals...... 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Commemorated...... Panel number 74, Roll of Honour, Australian War Memorial..
Commemorated...... Queensland Railways Toowoomba Employees Roll of Honour.
Commemorated...... Toowoomba Roll of Honour WW1, Toowoomba St James' M2.
Commemorated...... Toowoomba War Memorial (Mothers' Memorial)
Brother...... 680 Private (#680) Albert Ernest Adams, 41st Battalion, discharged, 11 April 1918.
~~~ADAMS, Sidney James_Australian Imperial Force_ AIF_The Great War. (Service).~~~
Australian Imperial Force Number……253, (15th Battalion, B Company).
Religion...... Church of England
Education......Maynard Road Board School, Walthamstow, England
Arrived in Australia...... 1909 at the age of 14 years.
Civil employ......Storeman
Home Address...... Prospect Street, Toowoomba, Queensland
Marital status...... Single
Next of kin...... Mother, Mrs Minnie L Adams, "Ardwell" Prospect Street, Toowoomba, Queensland
Prior military service...... 2 months in the 11th Infantry, Citizen Military Forces.
Attested into AIF...... 26th October 1914 in Toowoomba, Queensland.
Age on enlistment...... 19 years
Affirmed rank on enlistment/death...... Private.
Final Posting......15th Australian Infantry Battalion, AIF.
Embarked from......Melbourne, Victoria, aboard Transport A40 Ceramic on 22 December 1914.
Fate...... Killed in Action, 8th August 1915, Gallipoli Peninsula, Turkey.
Burial......No known grave. (No report of burial).
Dedicated War Memorial......The Lone Pine Memorial (Panel 44), Gallipoli, Turkey.
War service...... Egypt, Gallipoli
Medals...... 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Commemorated...... Panel number 74, Roll of Honour, Australian War Memorial..
Commemorated...... Queensland Railways Toowoomba Employees Roll of Honour.
Commemorated...... Toowoomba Roll of Honour WW1, Toowoomba St James' M2.
Commemorated...... Toowoomba War Memorial (Mothers' Memorial)
Parents……John Ebenezer Adams & Minnie Louisa Bailey married 11 Dec 1887 in Essex, England.
Brother...... 680 Private (#680) Albert Ernest Adams, 41st Battalion, discharged, 11 April 1918.
~~~ADAMS, Sidney James_Australian Imperial Force_ AIF_The Great War. (Service).~~~
Australian Imperial Force Number……253, (15th Battalion, B Company).
Religion...... Church of England
Education......Maynard Road Board School, Walthamstow, England
Arrived in Australia...... 1909 at the age of 14 years.
Civil employ......Storeman
Home Address...... Prospect Street, Toowoomba, Queensland
Marital status...... Single
Next of kin...... Mother, Mrs Minnie L Adams, "Ardwell" Prospect Street, Toowoomba, Queensland
Prior military service...... 2 months in the 11th Infantry, Citizen Military Forces.
Attested into AIF...... 26th October 1914 in Toowoomba, Queensland.
Age on enlistment...... 19 years
Affirmed rank on enlistment/death...... Private.
Final Posting......15th Australian Infantry Battalion, AIF.
Embarked from......Melbourne, Victoria, aboard Transport A40 Ceramic on 22 December 1914.
Fate...... Killed in Action, 8th August 1915, Gallipoli Peninsula, Turkey.
Burial......No known grave. (No report of burial).
Dedicated War Memorial......The Lone Pine Memorial (Panel 44), Gallipoli, Turkey.
War service...... Egypt, Gallipoli
Medals...... 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Commemorated...... Panel number 74, Roll of Honour, Australian War Memorial..
Commemorated...... Queensland Railways Toowoomba Employees Roll of Honour.
Commemorated...... Toowoomba Roll of Honour WW1, Toowoomba St James' M2.
Commemorated...... Toowoomba War Memorial (Mothers' Memorial)
Brother...... 680 Private (#680) Albert Ernest Adams, 41st Battalion, discharged, 11 April 1918.
~~~ADAMS, Sidney James_Australian Imperial Force_ AIF_The Great War. (Service).~~~
Australian Imperial Force Number……253, (15th Battalion, B Company).
Religion...... Church of England
Education......Maynard Road Board School, Walthamstow, England
Arrived in Australia...... 1909 at the age of 14 years.
Civil employ......Storeman
Home Address...... Prospect Street, Toowoomba, Queensland
Marital status...... Single
Next of kin...... Mother, Mrs Minnie L Adams, "Ardwell" Prospect Street, Toowoomba, Queensland
Prior military service...... 2 months in the 11th Infantry, Citizen Military Forces.
Attested into AIF...... 26th October 1914 in Toowoomba, Queensland.
Age on enlistment...... 19 years
Affirmed rank on enlistment/death...... Private.
Final Posting......15th Australian Infantry Battalion, AIF.
Embarked from......Melbourne, Victoria, aboard Transport A40 Ceramic on 22 December 1914.
Fate...... Killed in Action, 8th August 1915, Gallipoli Peninsula, Turkey.
Burial......No known grave. (No report of burial).
Dedicated War Memorial......The Lone Pine Memorial (Panel 44), Gallipoli, Turkey.
War service...... Egypt, Gallipoli
Medals...... 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Commemorated...... Panel number 74, Roll of Honour, Australian War Memorial..
Commemorated...... Queensland Railways Toowoomba Employees Roll of Honour.
Commemorated...... Toowoomba Roll of Honour WW1, Toowoomba St James' M2.
Commemorated...... Toowoomba War Memorial (Mothers' Memorial)
Inscription
"Known unto God" "Their glory shall not be blotted out."
Gravesite Details
The fortune of war has denied this known and honoured, ANZAC, Private Sydney James Adams, burial given to his comrades in death."
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