Kenneth Leslie Adams

Ngā ingoa tuatahi

Kenneth Leslie AWMM

Ingoa whānau

Adams AWMM

Nama Hōia

32194 AWMM

Ira tangata

Male AWMM

Wāhi noho i mua i te whakaurunga

Unknown AWMM Post Office, Moerewa, Bay of Islands, New Zealabd AWMM

Uri kiritahi

Miss L. Adams (sister), C/o Massey College, Palmerston North, New Zealand AWMM

Mēnā he hoa rangatira tōna

Unknown AWMM Single AWMM

Pakanga

World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM

Kauhanga riri

1941 AWMM Crete AWMM

Te Ope o Tū / te peka

Army AWMM

Nama Hōia

32194 AWMM

Te urunga

WW2 Unknown AWMM Dairy factory assistant/Civilian AWMM

Taipitopito ekenga waka

WW2 Sapper AWMM 19 Army Troops Company AWMM Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force AWMM

Kia mau ki ngā taipitopito

WW2 POW - Greece AWMM
Canea AWMM

Tuhinga hauora

• Killed or died while a Prisoner of War, Cause of Death AWMM
  Died while Prisoner of War AWMM
• 21 Aug 1941 AWMM Other, WWII AWMM
  Pulmonary Tuberulosis. Canea. AWMM

Te tūnga whakamutunga

Sapper AWMM
New Zealand Engineers, 19 Army Troops Company AWMM

Son of William and Mabel Adams AWMM

Matenga

21 Aug 1941 AWMM
Age  29 AWMM

Te momo matenga

Killed or died while a Prisoner of War AWMM

Urupā

Suda Bay War Cemetery, Crete, Greece AWMM 12. B. 15. AWMM

Ingoa maumaharatanga

• Auckland War Memorial Museum, World War 2 Hall of Memories AWMM
• Auckland Domain, an Olive Tree (Olea europaea) planted close to the Auckland War Memorial Museum in the grounds of the Auckland Domain commemorates those who fought on Crete in 1941. 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/936501
Sources Used

Ngā tuhinga

• Deaths While Prisoner of War - Navy, Army, Air Force and Civilians [WW2 NZ POW Deaths], Archives New Zealand, Wellington, AAAA 7393 Box 1 (R25405152).
• Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force. (1941). Nominal Roll Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force No. 3 (Embarkations from 1st July, 1940 to 31st March, 1941). Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
  WW2 3: WW2 6
• Auckland Museum. Roll of Honour, Auckland Province, 1939 - 1945. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS 93/139.
• Mason, W.W. (1954) Prisoners of war. Wellington, N.Z.: Department of Internal Affairs, War History Branch.
• 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.
• Davin, D. (1953). Crete. Wellington, N.Z.: Department of Internal Affairs, War History Branch.