ADAMS, FREDERIC JAMES, Private, No. 868, 8th Infantry Battn. Australian Imperial Force, s. of James Rawson Adams, of Mildura, Victoria, Australia, Fruit Grower, by his wife, Sarah Elizabeth, dau. of the late John Colbeck, of Leeds, co. York, Schoolmaster; b. Kimberworth, near Rotherham, co. York, 12 Sept. 1889; educ. St. Margaret’s Grammar School, Mildura, Victoria, Australia; was a Fruit Grower; volunteered for Imperial Service, and joined the Australian Infantry on the outbreak of war in Aug. 1914; proceeded to Gallipoli in April, 1915, and was killed in action during the landing there on the 25th. Buried at Gaba Tepe. A comrade wrote: “I am able to tell you that death was instantaneous, and so he did not suffer any agonies as some of the other poor fellows did. We were all sorry to know he was one of the first to go, as he was such a fine fellow in every sense of the word, and a gentleman. I was proud to call him friend. Yes, your sons did their best right through the piece, whether at drill, sports, or anything else they undertook, and were God-fearing and upright.” Unm.<\/p>\n
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