Kenneth William Stewart Adams
Died 7 Aug 1943
- Service number
- WWII 29557 AWMM
- Also known as
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- Armed force / branch
- Army AWMM
- Last rank
- Private AWMM 24 (Auckland) Infantry Battalion AWMM
- War
- World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM
About
- Title
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- Forenames
- Kenneth William Stewart AWMM
- Surname
- Adams AWMM
- Ingoa
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- Also known as
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- Service number
- WWII 29557 AWMM
- Gender
- Male AWMM
- Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
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- Religion
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Images
Documents
About birth
- Birth
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- Date of birth
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- Place of birth
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- Birth notes
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- Address before enlistment
- WW2 Unknown AWMM Walton, Rotorua Line, New Zealand AWMM
- Post war occupation
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- Next of kin
- WW2 Mrs M. Adams (mother), Walton, Rotorua Line, New Zealand AWMM
- Relationship status
- Unknown AWMM Single AWMM
Wars and conflicts
- War
- World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM
- Campaign
- Italy AWMM
- Armed force / branch
- Army AWMM
- Service number
- WWII 29557 AWMM
- Military service
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- Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers
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Military decorations
- Medals and Awards
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Training and Enlistment
- Military training
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- Branch Trade Proficiency
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- Enlistment
- WW2 Unknown AWMM Painter AWMM
- Age on enlistment
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- Occupation before enlistment
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Embarkations
- Embarkation details
- WW2 Private AWMM Infantry Reinforcements AWMM Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force AWMM
Prisoner of war
- Capture details
- WW2 POW - P.G. 57, Gruppignano, Udine, Italy AWMM
- WW2 POW - Stalag XXI-E (later reorganised as Oflag XXI C), Grätz (now Grodzisk Wielkopolski, Poland) AWMM
- Days interned
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- Liberation date
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- POW liberation details
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- Liberation Repatriation
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- POW serial number
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Medical history
- Medical notes
- Killed or died while a Prisoner of War, Cause of Death AWMM
Died while Prisoner of War AWMM - 7 Aug 1943 AWMM Other, WWII AWMM
Skull, Cerebral Haemorrhage. Shot while attempting to escape. AWMM
- Killed or died while a Prisoner of War, Cause of Death AWMM
Last known rank
- Last rank
- Private AWMM
24 (Auckland) Infantry Battalion AWMM - Last rank
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Biographical information
- Son of Alexander Stewart Adams and Matilda Adams, of Walton, Auckland, New Zealand.
Private K. W. S. Adams (Stalag XXI E)
Letter: 20/1/142
I hope you receive this letter in quick time, then you will know that Bob and I are together and are all well. You will see our address and will be able to write. We sent cards about 10 days ago. It is great in the tent just now 18 chaps trying to write at once; the trouble is a shortage of pens. We were paid today but the only thing we bought is a tin of nugget between the 4 of us. We have just had a shave, haircut and a hot shower and cleaned our boots and have our battledress so look no different to when we were home. We received a Red Cross parcel each and it was a great thrill.
(Source: The New Zealand prisoner of war pamphlet (No. 3, May 1942, p.16)) AWMM
About death
- Death
- 7 Aug 1943 AWMM
Age 31 AWMM - Date of death
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- Age at death
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- Place of death
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- Cause of death
- Killed or died while a Prisoner of War AWMM
- Death notes
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- Cemetery
- Udine War Cemetery, Italy AWMM IV. D. 5. AWMM
- Cemetery name
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- Grave reference
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- Obituary
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- Memorial name
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- Memorial reference
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Memorial
- Memorial name
- Auckland War Memorial Museum, World War 2 Hall of Memories AWMM
Related objects
Sources
- External links
- Commonwealth War Graves Commission record
https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/2817584
Sources Used - Great Britain Army. (1945). Italy : imperial prisoners of war alphabetical list : section 4. London, U.K.: Government Printer. Zenodo Record.
https://zenodo.org/records/4560909
Further Reference
- Commonwealth War Graves Commission record
- References
- Burdon, R. (1959). 24 Battalion. Wellington, N.Z.: Department of Internal Affairs, War History Branch.
- 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.
- Great Britain Army. (1945). Italy : imperial prisoners of war alphabetical list : section 4. London, U.K.: Government Printer.
- Deaths While Prisoner of War - Navy, Army, Air Force and Civilians [WW2 NZ POW Deaths], Archives New Zealand, Wellington, AAAA 7393 Box 1 (R25405152).
- Mason, W.W. (1954) Prisoners of war. Wellington, N.Z.: Department of Internal Affairs, War History Branch.
- Joint Council of the Order of St. John and the New Zealand Red Cross Society. Prisoners of War Enquiry Office. (1941–1944). The New Zealand prisoner of war pamphlet: Official pamphlet of the Prisoners of War Enquiry Office of the Joint Council of the Order of St. John and the New Zealand Red Cross Society. Wellington, New Zealand.
No. 3, May 1942, p.16 - Fortune, G. & Bebich, M. (2008). Citizenship and remembrance : a history of the 24 NZ Infantry Battalion Association. Auckland, N.Z.: Polygraphia.
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