Vivian James Adlam

Forenames

Vivian James AWMM

Surname

Adlam AWMM

Also known as

Vivian James St George AWMM

Service number

• WWI 47660 AWMM
• WWI 2148 AWMM
• WWII 2148 AWMM

Gender

Male AWMM

Religion

Catholic, Christian AWMM

Birth

28 Aug 1892 AWMM

Birth notes

son of Son of George and of Clara Mary Adlam

Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 21 July 2026 - https://www.nzwargraves.org.nz/casualties/vivian-james-adlam

Address before enlistment

WW2 Unknown AWMM 37 Suffolk Street, Christchurch, New Zealand AWMM

Next of kin

• WW1 Mrs Clara Mary Adlam (mother), Templeton, New Zealand AWMM
• WW2 Mrs Doris Reta Adlam (wife), 37 Suffolk Street, Christchurch, New Zealand AWMM

Relationship status

• Pre 26 Apr 1917 AWMM Single AWMM
• Married/WWI AWMM
  Clara Vivian Brown AWMM
• husband of Doris Reta Adlam, of Linwood, Canterbury,
  Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 21 July 2026 - https://www.nzwargraves.org.nz/casualties/vivian-james-adlam

War

• World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
• World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM

Campaign

Greece AWMM

Armed force / branch

Army AWMM

Service number

• WWI 47660 AWMM
• WWI 2148 AWMM
• WWII 2148 AWMM

Medals and Awards

• Military Medal (MM) AWMM
  London Gazette 11 February 1919, p2143, Rec No 2488 "Operations: British Front east of Bapaume 2nd September 1918. For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty. During the attack on Mill Cross on the 2nd September 1918, Lance Corporal Adlam’s platoon Commander was killed, and he was the only NCO left. The platoon was ordered to move forward to fill a gap and consolidate. This was a particularly dangerous operation, requiring cool and courageous leadership, as the ground was open and swept by rifle and machine gun fire. He took charge of the platoon, led them on to their objective, and consolidated, personally going round and seeing that touch was kept with platoons on his flanks. His coolness and courage were a great example to his men." McDonald, p. 2 AWMM
• British War Medal (1914-1920) AWMM
• Victory Medal AWMM
• 1939-1945 Star AWMM
• Africa Star AWMM
• War Medal 1939-1945 AWMM
• New Zealand War Service Medal AWMM

Enlistment

• WW1 Unknown AWMM Farmer/Civilian AWMM
• WW2 Miner/Civilian AWMM

Embarkation details

• WW1 26 Apr 1917-20 Jul 1917 AWMM
  HMNZT 84 AWMM Vessel was Turakina AWMM Lance Corporal/Military AWMM 25th Reinforcements, Canterbury Infantry Regiment, C Company AWMM New Zealand Expeditionary Force AWMM
• WW2 Vessel was Strathaird AWMM Sapper AWMM New Zealand Engineers, 6 Field Company AWMM
  2nd Embarkation AWMM

Medical notes

• 26 Apr 1941 AWMM Killed in Action, Cause of Death AWMM
• 26 Feb 1919 AWMM Medical, WWI AWMM
  Influenza AWMM

Last rank

• WW1 Unknown AWMM
  Canterbury Infantry Regiment AWMM
• WW2 Sapper AWMM
  New Zealand Engineers AWMM

Son of George Adlam and of Clara Mary Adlam (nee Smoothy); husband of Doris Reta Adlam, of Linwood, Canterbury, New Zealand. AWMM

Death

26 Apr 1941 AWMM
Age  47 AWMM

Cause of death

Killed in Action AWMM

Memorial name

• Athens Memorial, Phaleron War Cemetery, Athens, Greece AWMM
• Templeton RSA, Cenotaph, Templeton, Christchurch
  Public - Brendan - 15 April 2023 - Templeton RSA, Cenotaph

Related objects

External links

• New Zealand Electronic Text Collection topic page
  http://www.nzetc.org/tm/scholarly/name-025488.html
  Further Reference
• New Zealand Army Medal Rolls 1860-1919
  http://search.ancestrylibrary.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=1926
  Further Reference
• Military Personnel File
  https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R24054053
  Further Reference
• Military Personnel File
  https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R24054053
  Further Reference
• Commonwealth War Graves Commission record
  https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/7531634
  Sources Used

References

• New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1918). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume III. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
  62: 10
• Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force. (1941). Nominal Roll Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force No. 1 (Embarkations to 31st March, 1940). Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
  WW2 1: WW2 6
• McDonald, W. (2013). Honours and Awards to the New Zealand Expeditionary Force in the Great War, 1914-1918. (3rd ed.). Hamilton, N.Z.: Richard Stowers.
  p. 2
• 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.
• Roll of Honour, Auckland Province (digital copy), 1914 - 1919. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS-2016-2.