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Adams, Arthur Edward, 1896 - 1925
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Name Arthur Edward Adams, 1896 - 1925BiographyDate of Birth: 30 December 1896, Rosewood, Ipswich (Qld.)
Date of Death: 10 February 1925, Stanthorpe (Qld.)
Buried: Ipswich General Cemetery, 12 February 1925
Arthur was the son of Percy Henry Adams & Georgina Caroline Bradfield. Arthur's father Percy was the Shire Clerk at Redcliffe from 1913 to 1928. Arthur enlisted in July 1915.
Arthur was awarded a Distinguished Conduct Medal in September 1917:
For conspicuous gallantry & devotion to duty. He led a fighting patrol and attempted to enter a strongly wired enemy trench, but was held up by machine-gun fire. He at once took up a position with a Lewis gun on the enemy's flank, engaged the machine gun at point-blank range and silenced it. His prompt and determined action was the means of saving many casualties.
After the war Arthur resumed his duties as Shire Clerk at Rosewood before taking up a position at Esk. He married Norah Kathleen Broadbent in 1920 and they had two children prior to Arthur's death as a result of his war injuries in 1925. Arthur's elder brother, William George Adams [2229], enlisted in the navy.Birth date30 December 1896Death date10 February 1925
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Adams, Arthur Edward, 1896 - 1925. Moreton Bay Our Story, accessed 02/04/2026, https://ourstory.moretonbay.qld.gov.au/nodes/view/23764
