Hi Lillian I checked on on-line marriages http://www.justice.qld.gov.au/829.htm 1913/B13608 Yunker Gertrude Adams John Henry Thus, John Henry Adams married Gertrude YUNKER in 1913.. However, there is an entry for WWI for John Henry ADAMS - http://www.aif.adfa.edu.au:8080/index.html This one shows him dying at Gallipoli in 1915, aged 25 - right age, right place. Note the reference to 'Previous Military service' in Qld - John Henry ADAMS Regimental number 31 School Longwarry State School, Victoria Age on arrival in Australia 4 Religion Roman Catholic Occupation Stockman Address Yairam Yarram, Victoria Marital status Single Age at embarkation 22 Next of kin John Henry, Adams, Yarram Yarram, Victoria Previous military service Had signed with Queensland soldiers for 4 years. Enlistment date 6 November 1914 Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll 3 November 1914 Rank on enlistment Driver Unit name 15th Battalion, Headquarters AWM Embarkation Roll number 23/32/1 Embarkation details Unit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board Transport A40 Ceramic on 22 December 1914 Rank from Nominal Roll Private Unit from Nominal Roll 15th Battalion Fate Killed in Action 8 August 1915 Place of death or wounding Gallipoli, Turkey Date of death 8 August 1915 Age at death 25 Place of burial No known grave Commemoration details The Lone Pine Memorial (Panel 44), Gallipoli, Turkey Also, if you search the National Archives, all (nearly all) of WWI files have been digitilised http://naa12.naa.gov.au/Login.htm - 57 pages of his file. Title Adams John Henry : SERN 31 : POB Ballarat VIC : POE Brisbane QLD : NOK F Adams John Henry Series number B2455 Control symbol ADAMS J H Contents date range circa 1914 - by 1920 Access status Open Location Canberra Barcode 30207 There is no reference to being married so perhaps the marriage in Qld is not him - what happened to wife? Lorrae Glenore Grove Qld 4342 http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?db=helmrich -----Original Message----- From: lillian [mailto:willybe@iinet.net.au] Sent: Friday, 17 July 2009 7:39 PM To: aus-qld@rootsweb.com Subject: [AUS-QLD] Adams Searching for inf re. John Henry ADAMS...born Daylesford Vic 1890 he could have married either Christina Maud Roseberger or Gertrude Yunker in 1913 Brisbane... Lillian __________ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus signature database 4257 (20090718) __________ The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. http://www.eset.com

Lillian Can you please provide more information on what you already know and don't know about this John Henry Adams, as it seems a couple of us have now wasted our time repeating research you have already done, which doesn't help you and burns goodwill into the bargain. Can you provide the most accurate information you have on the birth date, place and parents. Also, despite being born in Vic, you are asking about Qld marriages. Do you have some information that suggests he came to Queensland? If so, what is that information as it may be useful in tracking down which man and which marriage? Kerry

Just a bit more to Lorrae's comprehensive reply - John Henry Adams WW1 file says that he was born in the Parish of Bungaree in/near Ballarat, he was 22-7/12 at enlistment (November, 1914) and enlisted at Enoggera. His NOK is Mr John Henry Adams, Sen., Yarram Yarram. I'm just wondering if there might be some confusion between the elder and younger John Henry's. Reading through the WW1 file, there is a letter from the solicitor acting for John Henry, Senior, which states that JH Junior had been a "Member of the Permanent Defence Forces at Brisbane for about four years before enlisting". Which must mean there is some more paperwork somewhere pertaining to this man. And neither here nor there in relation to the original query, but this letter also refers to the "Lonesome Pine" attack. Now that would have been a sad and haunting name for a memorial to so many dead, and so many dead without known graves. Barbara