Athol Gladwyn Adams (1894 - 1917)

Born 17 May 1894 in South Yarra, Victoria, Australia

Ancestors

Died 19 Feb 1917 at age 22 in Egypt

Biography

Athol Gladwyn Adams was born on 17 May 1894 in South Yarra, Victoria, Australia, the son of Adah Emilie Adams and Alexander James Adams.^[1][2][3]

Athol was educated at the Melbourne Grammar School, where he was a prefect and in the rowing, football and athletics teams. He was a grandson of the late Captain T. J. Parker (Huddart, Parker and Co.), and he was in the office of that firm when he enlisted in the AIF in August 1914.^[4][5] Participating in the Gallipoli campaign, Athol was shot four times in the first 10 days after the Anzac Cove landing.^[6]

He died in Egypt in 1917, on a training run after his plane's engine cut out.^[4][6]

Sources

1. ↑ "Athol Gladwyn ADAMS." UNSW: The AIF Project. Retrieved 2 March 2017 by Clare Spring from https://www.aif.adfa.edu.au/showPerson?pid=665.
2. ↑ Athol Gladwyn Adams' birth record at Births, Deaths, Marriages Victoria: Reg. No: 24318; Reg. year: 1894. Retrieved 2 March 2017 by Clare Spring from https://online.justice.vic.gov.au/bdm/indexsearch.doj.
3. ↑ "The Last Post Ceremony commemorating the service of Lieutenant Athol Gladwyn Adams, 5th Battalion (Infantry) seconded to 67th Squadron Australian Flying Corps, First World War." Australian War Memorial. Retrieved 10 February 2019 by Clare Spring from https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/C2118677.
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1} "Personal." 28 February 1917. The Argus (Melbourne), p. 6. Retrieved 3 March 2017 by Clare Spring from http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/1600307.
5. ↑ Renwick, Sarah. "The four boys." Not Mentioned in Dispatches. Retrieved 17 April 2017 by Clare Spring from http://notmentionedindispatches.blogspot.com.au/2014/08/adah-emilie-parker.html.
6. ↑ ^{6.0 6.1} Taylor, Paige (17 April 2015). "Shot four times in first 10 days at Gallipoli." The Australian (News Corp). Retrieved 17 April 2017 by Clare Spring from http://notmentionedindispatches.blogspot.com.au/p/the-australian-article.html.