Charles Robert Adamson

Forenames

Charles Robert AWMM

Surname

Adamson AWMM

Service number

72644 AWMM

Gender

Male AWMM

Address before enlistment

Unknown AWMM Hill Street, Ravensbourne, Dunedin, New Zealand AWMM

Next of kin

Mrs A.s. Adamson (mother), Hill Street, Ravensbourne, Dunedin, New Zealand AWMM

Relationship status

Unknown AWMM Single AWMM

War

World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM

Campaign

Pacific Theatre of War AWMM

Armed force / branch

Army AWMM

Service number

72644 AWMM

Enlistment

WW2 Unknown AWMM French Polisher/Civilian AWMM

Embarkation details

WW2 Private AWMM New Zealand Infantry Brigade AWMM Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force AWMM

Medical notes

Killed in Action, Cause of Death AWMM

Last rank

Private AWMM
14 Brigade Defence Platoon AWMM

Son of Walter and Annie Sarah Adamson, of Dunedin. Otago. New Zealand. AWMM

Death

• 17 Feb 1944 AWMM
  Age  27 AWMM
• 17 Feb 1944 Allan Steel Cemetery Project
  Age  27 AWMM

Cause of death

Killed in Action AWMM

Cemetery

• Bourail New Zealand War Cemetery, New Caledonia AWMM 2.06 AWMM
• Andersons Bay General Cemetery, Dunedin City Council AWMM Block 62, Plot 72 AWMM

Related objects

External links

Commonwealth War Graves Commission record
https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/2384901
Sources Used

References

• Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force. (1942). Nominal Roll Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force No. 8 (Embarkations from 1st April, 1942 to 30th June, 1942). Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
  WW2 8: WW2 3
• This record was partially compiled from data kindly provided by Allan Steel Cemetery Project (2020)
• HMNZT Giessen. (1919). The ventilator: H.M.N.Z.T. “Giessen”, August 1919 (C. G. E. Harker, Ed.; H. S. B. Ribbands & E. H. Greenhow, Sub-eds.). 1NZEF. Ferguson and Osborn Ltd.