John Thomas Adams

Forenames

John Thomas AWMM

Surname

Adams AWMM

Service number

WWI 12/292 AWMM

Gender

Male AWMM

Birth

20 Jul 1887 Public Source

Date of birth

July 20, 1887

Public - Alison - Other Relative - 8 June 2015 - Military personnel file

Place of birth

Auckland, New Zealand

Public - Alison - Other Relative - 8 June 2015 - Military personnel file

Address before enlistment

Unknown AWMM 2 Green Street, Ponsonby, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM

Next of kin

G. Adams, 2 Green Street, Ponsonby, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM

Relationship status

Pre 16 Oct 1914 AWMM Single AWMM

War

World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM

Armed force / branch

Army AWMM

Service number

WWI 12/292 AWMM

Enlistment

WW1 Unknown AWMM

Embarkation details

WW1 16 Oct 1914-03 Dec 1914 AWMM
HMNZT 8 or HMNZT 12 AWMM Vessel was Star of India or Waimana AWMM Private AWMM Auckland Infantry Battalion AWMM Main Body AWMM

Medical notes

Killed in Action, Cause of Death AWMM

Last rank

WW1 Sergeant AWMM
Auckland Infantry Regiment, 2nd Battalion, 16th (Waikato) Company AWMM

Son of George and Kate Adams, of 2, Green St., Ponsonby, Auckland, New Zealand.

Next of Kin: Mr G. Adams, Green St, Ponsonby, Auck. (Roll of Honour, Auckland Province 1914-1918 (Volume 1)) AWMM

Death

15 Sept 1916 AWMM
Age  29 AWMM

Cause of death

Killed in Action AWMM

Cemetery

Caterpillar Valley Cemetery, Longueval, Somme, France AWMM IV. H. 3. AWMM

Memorial name

Auckland War Memorial Museum, World War 1 Hall of Memories AWMM

Related objects

External links

• Military personnel file
  https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R22311728
  Further Reference
• A Street Near You record
  https://astreetnearyou.org/person/552507/-
  Further Reference
• Commonwealth War Graves Commission Casualty record
  https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/552507
  Further Reference
• New Zealand War Graves Trust
  https://www.nzwargraves.org.nz/
  Further Reference

References

• Information kindly provided by family
• New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1914-1919). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force, Volume I. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
  Vol1: 4
• Beattie, P.J. & Pomeroy, M. (2013-2020). Onward : portraits of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force (vols 1-5). Auckland, New Zealand: Fair Dinkum Publications
  Vol. 1: Includes portrait
• Roll of Honour, Auckland Province (digital copy), 1914 - 1919. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS-2016-2.
• Burton, O. (1922). The Auckland regiment : being an account of the doings on active service of the First, Second and Third Battalions of the Auckland Regiment. Wellington, N.Z.: Whitcombe & Tombs.