Name of Ancestor: Phipps Alexander Adams
Ancestor's date of birth: 01/01/1874
Ancestor's date of death: 01/01/1944
Cause of Death: Not known
Service Number: 480
Colony or State of enlistment: VIC, Place of Enlistment: Melbourne
Unit: 2nd Battaltion, Australian Commonwealth Horse
Rank attained in Boer War: PTE, Date Effective: 07/01/1902
Highest Rank attained (if served after war): Not provided
Murray Page: 311
Contingent: 2/ACH
Ship: Not provided
Other Boer War Service: No. 31533 Trooper 2nd Scottish Horse 15/3/1901-14/9/-1901 (Page 139 of Price J.E.)
Memorial details: Buried at Castemaine, Victoria
Decorations: Not provided
Personal Characteristics: Not provided
Reasons to go and fight: Not provided
Details of service in war: Not provided
Service and life after the Boer War: No details provided
Name of Descendant: Paul Edward Adams, Greensborough VIC
Relationship to Ancestor: Grandson
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Name of Descendant: William Maurice Adams
Relationship to Ancestor: Son
Father, son and grandson represent three generations of military service: Boer War, Malaya, and Vietnam.
