Donald Arthur Adams

Ngā ingoa tuatahi

Donald Arthur AWMM

Ingoa whānau

Adams AWMM

Nama Hōia

• NZ41859 AWMM
• WWII 41859 AWMM

Ira tangata

Male AWMM

Whānautanga mai

11 Sept 1918 RNZAF Biographies (R17845607)

Rā i whānau mai ai

11 September 1918

Public - Paul - Researcher - 7 November 2020 - Volume III, For Your Tomorrow by Errol Martyn, p.57.

Wāhi Whānau

Auckland, New Zealand

Public - Paul - Researcher - 7 November 2020 - Volume III, For Your Tomorrow by Errol Martyn, p.57.

Uri kiritahi

• Mrs F.M. Adams, Ponsonby, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM
• WW2 Mother: Mrs F. N. Adams, 35 Dedwood Terrace, Ponsonby, Auckland AWMM

Mēnā he hoa rangatira tōna

Single/WWII AWMM

Pakanga

World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM

Kauhanga riri

North Africa AWMM

Te Ope o Tū / te peka

Air Force AWMM

Nama Hōia

• NZ41859 AWMM
• WWII 41859 AWMM

Urunga ki te ope taua

Royal Air Force, No. 40 Squadron (Wellington)

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Mētara me ngā Tohu

• Mentioned in Despatches (MiD) AWMM
• War Medal 1939-1945 AWMM
• New Zealand War Service Medal AWMM

Taipitopito ekenga waka

WW2 Royal New Zealand Air Force AWMM

Tuhinga hauora

Killed on Active Service, Cause of Death AWMM

Te tūnga whakamutunga

Flying Officer/Military RNZAF Biographies (R17845607)
Royal Air Force, No. 40 Squadron RNZAF Biographies (R17845607)

Donald Adams was the son of Cecil Walter Adams and of Florence Mary Adams (nee Jordan), of Ponsonby, Auckland, New Zealand.

Attended Auckland Grammar School (Source: RNZAF Biographies (R17845607))

372 hours as Pilot (Source: RNZAF Biographies (R17845607)) AWMM

Matenga

26 Sept 1942 AWMM
Age  24 AWMM

Te momo matenga

Killed on Active Service AWMM

Ingoa maumaharatanga

• Alamein Memorial, El Alamein War Cemetery, Egypt AWMM
• Auckland War Memorial Museum, World War 2 Hall of Memories AWMM
• Auckland Grammar School War Memorial, New Zealand AWMM
• Hamilton Memorial Park, Memorial Drive, Hamilton East, 3216 AWMM

Mea e whai hononga ai

Hononga ki waho

• Commonwealth War Graves Commission record
  https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/1535710
  Sources Used
• RNZAF [Royal New Zealand Air Force] Biographies of Deceased Personnel 1939 - 1945 (Bound Volumes) - Ab - B. Archives New Zealand (R17845607).
  https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R17845607
  Sources Used
• Aircrew Remembered - HF846:
  https://aircrewremembered.com/langham-gerald-fitzgerald.html
  Public - Antonio - Researcher - 17 August 2026 - Internet research
• Aircrew Remembered - HX373:
  https://www.aircrewremembered.com/steel-freeman-jesse.html
  Public - Antonio - Researcher - 17 August 2026 - Internet research

Ngā tuhinga

• Auckland Grammar School Chronicle. Auckland, N.Z.: Auckland Grammar School.
• Martyn, E. (1998-2008). For Your Tomorrow (Vols. 1-3). Christchurch, N.Z.: Volplane Press.
• Auckland Grammar School Chronicle. Auckland, N.Z.: Auckland Grammar School.
  Auckland Grammar School chronicle. 1943. portrait
• Connolly, A., & Stanes, P. Rememberance: Auckland Grammar School Great War Roll of Honour. Vols 1 & 2. Auckland: Petand Prodctions.
• RNZAF [Royal New Zealand Air Force] Biographies of Deceased Personnel 1939 - 1945 (Bound Volumes) - Ab - B. Archives New Zealand (R17845607) - Former archives reference: AIR118
• List of RNZAF [Royal New Zealand Air Force] Personnel - List of Personnel Killed or Missing in Various Theatres, 1940 - 1945. [Missing - But Presumed Dead on Lapse of Time - Officers, Airmen]. Archives New Zealand (R17845743)
• Please note that the 11 volumes of the "RNZAF [Royal New Zealand Air Force] Biographies of Deceased Personnel 1939-1945" held at Archives NZ (formerly known as AIR118) should be used in conjunction with Errol Martyn's "For Your Tomorrow". FYT reflects detailed examination of all of the AIR118 bios which contain many inaccuracies and omissions.
• List of RNZAF [Royal New Zealand Air Force] Personnel - Embarkation Lists, November 1940 - July 1942. Archives New Zealand, Wellington (R17845762).
• Royal New Zealand Air Force. (1941–1945). Contact: National magazine of the R.N.Z.A.F.; the official organ of the Air Force Association (Inc.). Levin, New Zealand: Royal New Zealand Air Force.
  V4,n4,p10 v4,n5,p51, V4,n1,p76
• Auckland Museum. Roll of Honour, Auckland Province, 1939 - 1945. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS 93/139.