Victor Emiel Adolph

Forenames

Victor Emiel AWMM

Surname

Adolph AWMM

Also known as

Victor Emile Adolph AWMM

Service number

WWI 13/225 AWMM

Gender

Male AWMM

Address before enlistment

WW1 Kaipara Flats, New Zealand AWMM

Next of kin

WW1 W.C.E. Adolph, Farmer, Kaipara Flats, New Zealand AWMM

Relationship status

1918 AWMM Single/WWI AWMM

War

World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM

Campaign

• 1915-1916 AWMM Gallipoli AWMM
• 1914-1919 AWMM Egyptian Expeditionary Force (EEF) AWMM
• 1914-1916 AWMM Egypt AWMM

Armed force / branch

Army AWMM

Service number

WWI 13/225 AWMM

Medals and Awards

• Military Cross (MC) AWMM
  MC. London Gazette, 3 June 1918, p6490: "For distinguished service in connection with military operations in Egypt." AWMM
• 1914-1915 Star AWMM
• British War Medal (1914-1920) AWMM
• Victory Medal AWMM

Enlistment

WW1

Embarkation details

WW1 16 Oct 1914-03 Dec 1914 AWMM
HMNZT 8 or HMNZT 12 AWMM Vessel was Star of India or Waimana AWMM Corporal/Military AWMM Auckland Mounted Rifles AWMM Main Body AWMM

Medical notes

Died of wounds, Cause of Death AWMM

Last rank

WW1 Second Lieutenant AWMM
Imperial Camel Corps AWMM

Son of W.G.E. and S.J. Adolph, of Kaipara Flats, North Auckland.

Next of Kin: Mr G. E. Adolph, Kaipara Flats, Nth Auck. (Roll of Honour, Auckland Province 1914-1918 (Volume 1)) AWMM

Death

31 Mar 1918 AWMM
Age  23 AWMM

Cause of death

Died of wounds AWMM

Cemetery

Damascus Commonwealth War Cemetery, Syria AWMM C 116 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/R22269450
  Sources Used
• NZHistory online. "2nd Lieutenant Victor Adolph"
  https://nzhistory.govt.nz/memorial/captain-victor-adolph
  Further Reference
• A Street Near You record
  https://astreetnearyou.org/person/897052/-
  Further Reference
• Commonwealth War Graves Commission Casualty record
  https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/897052
  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: 5
• McDonald, W. (2001). Honours and awards to the New Zealand Expeditionary Force in the Great War, 1914-1918. Napier, N.Z.: Helen McDonald.
  p.8
• 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. 2: Includes portrait
• Roll of Honour, Auckland Province (digital copy), 1914 - 1919. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS-2016-2.
• 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.
• Waite, F. (1919). The New Zealanders at Gallipoli. Auckland, N.Z.: Printed and published under Authority of the New Zealand Government by Whitcombe & Tombs.
• Nicol, C.G. (1921). The story of two campaigns: Official war history of the Auckland Mounted Rifles Regiment 1914-1919. Auckland, N.Z.: Wilson & Horton.