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Captain Frederick Neil Adam

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PERSONAL INFORMATION

Date of birth: 1890-03-22
Place of birth: Glasgow Lanarkshire Scotland
Next of kin: Neil Murdoch Adam and Jeannie Adam
Marital status: single
Occupation (attested): Engineer
Occupation (normalized): Other Engineers
Address: 724 15th Ave E. Vancouver BC
Religion: Presbyterian
Date of death: 1936-06-17
Buried: Vancouver (Mountain View) Cemetery, HORNE2/*/16/59A/4

MILITARY INFORMATION

Regimental number: 429752
Highest Rank: Captain
Rank detail
  1. Lieutenant (Army).
  2. Sergeant, 47th Battalion, Infantry (Army).
  3. Captain (Army).
Degree of service: Europe
Survived war: yes
Battle wounded/killed: Valenciennes Nov 04 1918

Images

Sergeant F.N. Adam. April 1915
Captain F.N. Adam (4th from left) and comrades. Unknown place and time.
Lieut F.N Adam and comrade. France/Belgium?
Lieut F.N. Adam (seated) and unknown friend.
Sergeant F.N. Adam (left) and unknown friend. North Vancouver ?

RESEARCH INFORMATION

LAC ID: 1053
Attestation record(s): image 1, image 2
Service file: B0019-S005
Uploader's Notes:

Aug 11th 1916 Landed in France at Havre 47th Btn

Aug 26th 1916 appointed gas instructor 47th Btn

Sept 1916 partly buried by explosion resulting in deafness also (paresis)? of left side lasting about one week

Nov 18 1916 appointed (illegible) ?

April 28 1917 transferred to England with a view to being granted a commission and posted to (BC Regtl Depot, (Seaforth, Seaford) ?

Nov 22 1917 commissioned

April 24 1918 landed in France

June 12 1918 transferred from 18 MG Coy to 1st Btn CMG Bde

Nov 4 1918 wounded. G.S.W. to left thigh and arm

Uploader's Research notes: [Lieutenant Army Canadian Machine Gun Corps 1st Machine Gun Company Sergeant Army Canadian Infantry 47th Battalion Captain Army Canadian Machine Gun Corps 1st Machine Gun Company ]

ARCHIVAL INFORMATION

Date added: 2007-03-10
Last modified: 2007-03-10