Saturday 11 November 2006

Lieutenant Joseph Dorney Adams

Born on 30 April 1895 in Ottawa, Ontario - son of WJH and Minnie Dorney Adams - enlistment form gives journalist by trade, Roman Catholic, had been a member of the 5th Princess Louise Dragoon Guards for the last three years.

Joined the 207th Canadian Infantry Battalion on 23 March 1916 - taken on the strength of the 38th Battalion in France on 11 November 1917 - died on 2 September 1918 of wounds received that day, age 23 - buried in Aubigny Cemetery, France.

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