Thomas Francis Adams

Forenames

Thomas Francis AWMM

Surname

Adams AWMM

Service number

WWI 12/10 AWMM

Gender

Male AWMM

Religion

Catholic, Christian AWMM

Birth

5 Mar 1885 Military personnel file

Address before enlistment

WW1 27 Clifton Road, Herne Bay, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM

Next of kin

WW1 Mrs H.H. Smith (sister), 27 Clifton Road, Herne Bay, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM

Relationship status

Pre 16 Oct 1914 AWMM Single AWMM

War

World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM

Campaign

1915-1916 AWMM Gallipoli AWMM

Armed force / branch

Army AWMM

Service number

WWI 12/10 AWMM

Enlistment

WW1 Journalist/Civilian 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 Lance Corporal/Military AWMM
Auckland Infantry Battalion, A Company AWMM

Thomas Adams was the son of William and Hannah Elizabeth Adams.

He was killed in action during the Battle of the Landing.

Remembered on the Ashburton War Memorial.

Next of Kin: Mrs H. H. Smith, Herne Bay, Auckland (Roll of Honour, Auckland Province 1914-1918 (Volume 1)) AWMM

Death

25 Apr 1915 AWMM
Age  31 AWMM

Cause of death

Killed in Action AWMM

Memorial name

• Lone Pine Memorial, Lone Pine Cemetery, Anzac, Turkey AWMM
• Ashburton War Memorial, Ashburton, New Zealand AWMM
• 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/R22269326
  Further Reference
• A Street Near You record
  https://astreetnearyou.org/person/719902/-
  Further Reference
• Commonwealth War Graves Commission Casualty record
  https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/719902
  Further Reference

References

• New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1914-1919). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force, Volume I. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
  Vol1: 4
• Stowers, R. (2005). Bloody Gallipoli: the New Zealanders' story. Auckland, N.Z.: David Bateman.
• Roll of Honour, Auckland Province (digital copy), 1914 - 1919. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS-2016-2.
• Waite, F. (1919). The New Zealanders at Gallipoli. Auckland, N.Z.: Printed and published under Authority of the New Zealand Government by Whitcombe & Tombs.