Branch of Service

Air Force

Conflict

World War II (1939-1945)

Date of Enlistment

23/03/1943

Date of Discharge

21/08/1945

Place of Enlistment

Sydney NSW

Gender

Male

Other Name(s)

Known as 'Frank'

Date of Birth

27/01/1925

Place of Birth

North Sydney, NSW

Address (at enlistment)

Telopea Park, Kingston ACT

School(s) Attended

St. Christopher's School (Manuka)

Next of Kin

Talbot (Tom) Adams (father), Telopea Park, Barton ACT

Service Number

132325

Final Rank

Leading Aircraftman

Final Unit

165 Radar Station

Frank Adams' father was a master butcher and business man and opened (with his brothers) one of the first butcher shops in Kingston in the 1920s. Frank attained his leaving certificate in 1940 while attending St. Christopher's School in Manuka and joined the public service before enlisting in 1943. Adams' final unit, 165 Radar Station, was based near Richmond in western Sydney during the war. He died in Grafton NSW on 21 January 1990.

The Canberra Times - 13 December 1934, 12 December 1940, 9 August 1943, 23 January 1990
ACT Heritage Library Manuscript Collection - HMSS 0468
WWII Nominal Roll http://www.ww2roll.gov.au
ACT Electoral Rolls 1916 to 1967 http://canberraheritageportal.org/default.php