James Main Adams
I whānau mai i te 14 Oct 1917 - I mate atu i te 20 Sept 1944
- Nama Hōia
- NZ429911 AWMM
- WWII 429911 AWMM
- Ingoa kārangaranga
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- Te Ope o Tū / te peka
- Air Force AWMM
- Te tūnga whakamutunga
- Flight Sergeant/Military AWMM Royal Air Force, No. 622 Squadron AWMM
- Pakanga
- World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM
E pā ana ki
- Taitara
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- Ngā ingoa tuatahi
- James Main AWMM
- Ingoa whānau
- Adams AWMM
- Ingoa
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- Ingoa kārangaranga
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- Nama Hōia
- NZ429911 AWMM
- WWII 429911 AWMM
- Ira tangata
- Male AWMM
- Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
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- Pono
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Mātātuhi
Ngā tuhinga
Te whānautanga
- Whānautanga mai
- 14 Oct 1917 RNZAF Biographies (R17845607)
- Rā i whānau mai ai
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- Wāhi Whānau
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- Tuhinga mō te whānautanga
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- Wāhi noho i mua i te whakaurunga
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- Mahi whai muri i te pakanga
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- Uri kiritahi
- Mrs Ethel G. Adams (wife), 83 Newcastle Street, Invercargill, New Zealand AWMM
- WW2 Wife: Mrs E. G. Adams, 83 Newcastle sat, Invercargill AWMM
- Mēnā he hoa rangatira tōna
- Married/WWII AWMM
- Unknown AWMM Married AWMM
Ngā pakanga me ngā whawhai
- Pakanga
- World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM
- Kauhanga riri
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- Te Ope o Tū / te peka
- Air Force AWMM
- Nama Hōia
- NZ429911 AWMM
- WWII 429911 AWMM
- Urunga ki te ope taua
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- Whakapikinga / Tukunga / Whakawhitinga
- Royal Air Force, No. 622 Squadron AWMM
Ngā tohu taumata rau ope taua
- Mētara me ngā Tohu
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Te Whakangungu me te Urunga atu
- Whakangungu ope taua
- British Commonwealth Air Training Plan, No. 2 Wireless School, Calgary, Alberta, Canada AWMM
Course 1: Graduation Date: 13/08/1943. AWMM - British Commonwealth Air Training Plan, No. 3 Bombing and Gunnery School, MacDonald, Manitoba, Canada AWMM
- British Commonwealth Air Training Plan, No. 2 Wireless School, Calgary, Alberta, Canada AWMM
- Branch Trade Proficiency
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- Te urunga
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- Pakeke i te whakaurunga
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- Mahi i mua i te ekenga waka
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Te maha o ngā ekenga waka
- Taipitopito ekenga waka
- WW2 Vessel was Bloemfontein AWMM Royal New Zealand Air Force AWMM
Mauhere o te pakanga
- Kia mau ki ngā taipitopito
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- Ngā rā i mauherehia ai
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- Rā i puta ai
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- Ngā kōrero mō te puta i te mauhere pakanga
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- Te rā i whakahokia atu ngā hōia i mauherehia ai
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- Nama motuhake mō te mauhere pakanga
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Whakapapa hauora
- Tuhinga hauora
- Killed on Active Service, Cause of Death AWMM
Te tūnga whakamutunga e mōhiotia ana
- Te tūnga whakamutunga
- Flight Sergeant/Military AWMM
Royal Air Force, No. 622 Squadron AWMM - Te tūnga whakamutunga
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Kōrero taurongo
- Son of James Adams and of Margaret Turner Adams (nee Main), of Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand: husband of Ethel Gertrode Adams, of Invercargill, Southland.
Next of kin details compiled from information in the Casualty lists published in the newspapers.
Attended Winton District High School (Source: RNZAF Biographies (R17845607))
At time of application 14 Jan 1941 had spent 3 years in the Territorials. 239 hours as Air Gunner (Source: RNZAF Biographies (R17845607)) AWMM
Te matenga
- Matenga
- 20 Sept 1944 AWMM
Age 27 AWMM - Rā i mate ai
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- Pakeke i te matenga
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- Wāhi Mate
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- Te momo matenga
- Killed on Active Service AWMM
- Tuhipoka mō te matenga
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- Urupā
- Cambridge City Cemetery, Cambridgeshire, England AWMM Grave 15148. AWMM
- Ingoa o te urupā
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- Tohutoro kōhatu urupā
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- Pānui Matenga
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- Ingoa maumaharatanga
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- Tohutoro maumaharatanga
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Maumaharatanga
- Ingoa maumaharatanga
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Ngā mātāwai
- Hononga ki waho
- Papers Past. Digital New Zealand Newspapers.
http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast
Sources Used - Papers Past. Digital New Zealand Newspapers.
http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast
Sources Used - Roll of Honour. Evening Post, Volume CXXXVIII, Issue 83, 5 October 1944, Page 8
http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&cl=search&d=EP19441005.2.97&srpos
Further Reference - Commonwealth War Graves Commission record
https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/2650875
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 - List of RNZAF [Royal New Zealand Air Force] Personnel - List of Personnel Killed or Missing in Various Theatres, 1940 - 1945. Archives New Zealand (R17845744)
https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R17845744
Sources Used
- Papers Past. Digital New Zealand Newspapers.
- Ngā tuhinga
- The Evening Post
- Martyn, E. (1998-2008). For Your Tomorrow (Vols. 1-3). Christchurch, N.Z.: Volplane Press.
- This record is a work in progress and was partially compiled from the “Database of New Zealand Airmen who took part in Advanced Air Training in Canada during WW2”. Researched by Ivan and Lorna Lindsey of Tauranga. N.Z. 2003 – 2012. Reproduced with permission.
- RNZAF [Royal New Zealand Air Force] Biographies of Deceased Personnel 1939 - 1945 (Bound Volumes) - Ab - B. Archives New Zealand (R17845607) - Former archives reference: AIR118
- 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 - List of Personnel Killed or Missing in Various Theatres, 1940 - 1945. [(New Zealanders Attached to R.A.F. [Royal Air Force]) (Officers), (Europe) - Airmen]. Archives New Zealand (R17845744)
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