Kenneth Leslie Adams

Forenames

Kenneth Leslie AWMM

Surname

Adams AWMM

Service number

32194 AWMM

Gender

Male AWMM

Address before enlistment

Unknown AWMM Post Office, Moerewa, Bay of Islands, New Zealabd AWMM

Next of kin

Miss L. Adams (sister), C/o Massey College, Palmerston North, New Zealand AWMM

Relationship status

Unknown AWMM Single AWMM

War

World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM

Campaign

1941 AWMM Crete AWMM

Armed force / branch

Army AWMM

Service number

32194 AWMM

Enlistment

WW2 Unknown AWMM Dairy factory assistant/Civilian AWMM

Embarkation details

WW2 Sapper AWMM 19 Army Troops Company AWMM Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force AWMM

Capture details

WW2 POW - Greece AWMM
Canea AWMM

Medical notes

• Killed or died while a Prisoner of War, Cause of Death AWMM
  Died while Prisoner of War AWMM
• 21 Aug 1941 AWMM Other, WWII AWMM
  Pulmonary Tuberulosis. Canea. AWMM

Last rank

Sapper AWMM
New Zealand Engineers, 19 Army Troops Company AWMM

Son of William and Mabel Adams AWMM

Death

21 Aug 1941 AWMM
Age  29 AWMM

Cause of death

Killed or died while a Prisoner of War AWMM

Cemetery

Suda Bay War Cemetery, Crete, Greece AWMM 12. B. 15. AWMM

Memorial name

• Auckland War Memorial Museum, World War 2 Hall of Memories AWMM
• Auckland Domain, an Olive Tree (Olea europaea) planted close to the Auckland War Memorial Museum in the grounds of the Auckland Domain commemorates those who fought on Crete in 1941. AWMM

Related objects

External links

Commonwealth War Graves Commission record
https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/936501
Sources Used

References

• Deaths While Prisoner of War - Navy, Army, Air Force and Civilians [WW2 NZ POW Deaths], Archives New Zealand, Wellington, AAAA 7393 Box 1 (R25405152).
• Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force. (1941). Nominal Roll Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force No. 3 (Embarkations from 1st July, 1940 to 31st March, 1941). Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
  WW2 3: WW2 6
• Auckland Museum. Roll of Honour, Auckland Province, 1939 - 1945. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS 93/139.
• Mason, W.W. (1954) Prisoners of war. Wellington, N.Z.: Department of Internal Affairs, War History Branch.
• Cody, J.F. (1961). New Zealand Engineers, Middle East. Wellington, N.Z.: Department of Internal Affairs, War History Branch.
• McClymont, W. (1959). To Greece. Wellington, N.Z.: Department Internal Affairs, War History Branch.
• Davin, D. (1953). Crete. Wellington, N.Z.: Department of Internal Affairs, War History Branch.