Completed the following sentence: Adams was assistant surgeon Royal Navy aboard HMS "Samarang" during the survey of the islands of the Eastern Archipelago, from 1843 to 1846. ••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• Adam White collaborated with him in the descriptions of the Crustacea from the voyage.<unk> Adam White collaborated with him in the descriptions of the Crustacea from the voyage. <unk> <unk>
During the Second China War while serving as Surgeon on HMS "Actaeon", he was present at the storming of Canton and awarded the China War Medal. He retired as Staff Surgeon aboard flagship HMS "Royal Adelaide" at Plymouth in 1870.