Tasmanian War Casualties

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Adams, Percy Arnold

The son of John George Adams of Bruny Island he enlisted from Bruny Island early in 1915 and left Tasmania 15^th May 1915. He then embarked Brisbane 29^th June 1915 on board “HMAT Aeneas” with the 26^th Infantry Battalion. He landed at Gallipoli in 1915 and served there until the evacuation.

He died at the 6^th Australian Field Ambulance 24^th May 1916 from a shell wound to the thigh and was buried in the Erquinghem-Lys Churchyard Extension, Erquinghem-Lys, Lille, Nord Pas de Calais, France

He was the first Bruny Island soldier to lay down his life for the Empire

Thank You Kathy Duncombe for Photo

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