| Regimental number | 6473 |
| Place of birth | Burnside, South Australia |
| School | Pulteney Street Grammar School, Adelaide, South Australia |
| Religion | Baptist |
| Occupation | Clerk |
| Address | Black Forest, South Australia |
| Marital status | Single |
| Age at embarkation | 31 |
| Next of kin | Mother, Mrs M G Adams, Gordon Road, Black Forest, South Australia |
| Enlistment date | |
| Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll | |
| Place of enlistment | Adelaide, South Australia |
| Rank on enlistment | Private |
| Unit name | 10th Battalion, 21st Reinforcement |
| AWM Embarkation Roll number | 23/27/4 |
| Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A16 Port Melbourne on |
| Regimental number from Nominal Roll | 6478 |
| Rank from Nominal Roll | Private |
| Unit from Nominal Roll | 10th Battalion |
| Fate | Killed in Action |
| Place of death or wounding | Passchendaele, Ypres, Belgium |
| Date of death | |
| Age at death | 32 |
| Age at death from cemetery records | 32 |
| Place of burial | Hooge Crater Cemetery (Plot II, Row E, Grave No. 3), Zillebeke, Belgium |
| Panel number, Roll of Honour, Australian War Memorial | 58 |
| Miscellaneous information from cemetery records | Parents: William Masterman and Mary Gertrude ADAMS, Gordon Road, Black Forest, South Australia |
| Family/military connections | First cousin: Captain R J MELLOR |