William Henry Adair

Forenames

William Henry AWMM

Surname

Adair AWMM

Service number

516657 AWMM

Gender

Male AWMM

Date of birth

b. 1914

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Place of birth

Gisborne

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Birth notes

Son of William Henry Adair and of Barbara Adair (nee Holmes), of Gisborne,

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Address before enlistment

Unknown AWMM PO Box 26, Manutuke, New Zealand AWMM

Next of kin

Mrs Barbara M. Adair (wife), Manutuke, New Zealand AWMM

Relationship status

• Unknown AWMM Married AWMM
• 1940 Married Barbara Maude Hutchinson
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War

World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM

Campaign

Italy AWMM

Armed force / branch

Army AWMM

Service number

516657 AWMM

Enlistment

WW2 Unknown AWMM Farmer/Civilian AWMM

Embarkation details

WW2 Sergeant AWMM Armoured Brigade AWMM Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force AWMM

Medical notes

Killed on Active Service, Cause of Death AWMM

Last rank

Second Lieutenant AWMM
19 Armoured Regiment AWMM

Son of William Henry Adair and of Barbara Adair (nee Holmes), of Gisborne, Auckland, New Zealand; husband of Barbara M. Adair, of Gisborne. AWMM

Death

3 Aug 1944 AWMM
Age  29 AWMM

Cause of death

Killed on Active Service AWMM

Cemetery

Florence War Cemetery, Italy AWMM VIII. A. 11. AWMM

Obituary

Lieutenant W. H. Adair, whose death from wounds is reported from the Mediterranean theatre, was the only son of Mir. and Mrs. Harry Adair, Manutuke. He was 32 years of age, and is survived by Mrs. Adair, formerly Miss Barbara Hutchinson, and two infant children. Second Lieutenant Adair served for some time in New Zealand with a Territorial unit before being released for departure overseas, being one of a large number of officers who dropped their commissioned rank to serve abroad, and being re-commissioned after short service with the New Zealand Division in Italy. He was an old boy of Wanganui Collegiate School, and in later years took a keen interest in the Poverty Bay Hunt,

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GISBORNE HERALD, VOLUME LXXI, ISSUE 21484, 16 AUGUST 1944, PAGE 4

Memorial name

• Auckland War Memorial Museum, World War 2 Hall of Memories AWMM
• Gisborne First World War Memorial, The Esplanade, Kaiti, Gisborne AWMM

Related objects

External links

Commonwealth War Graves Commission record
https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/2613609
Sources Used

References

• Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force. (1945). Nominal Roll Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force No. 12 (Embarkations from 1st July, 1943 to 31st December, 1943). Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
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• Auckland Museum. Roll of Honour, Auckland Province, 1939 - 1945. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS 93/139.