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Jeffrey Douglas Adams

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Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Jeffrey Douglas AWMM
  • Surname
    Adams AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    WWII 83057 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
  • Date of birth
    4 July 1914 Public - Christine - Other relative - 27 June 2017 - Family papers
  • Place of birth
    Blenheim, Marlborough, New Zealand. Public - Christine - Other relative - 27 June 2017 - Family papers
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
    WW2 Pre 1943 AWMM Mary St., Blenheim AWMM
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    • WW2 Mrs. E. Adams, Mary St., Blenheim (m) AWMM
    • Samuel Adams and Emma Adams [ Nee Booker] Public - Christine - Other relative - 27 June 2017 - Family papers
  • Relationship status
    • Pre 1943 AWMM Single/WWII AWMM
    • Parents. Public - Christine - Other relative - 27 June 2017 - Family papers

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM
  • Campaign
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Service number
    WWII 83057 AWMM
  • Military service
  • Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers

Military decorations

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Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
  • Enlistment
    WW2 1943 2NZEF Nom. Roll 11, p.3 Flax worker/Civilian 2NZEF Nom. Roll 11, p.3
    Blenheim, Marlborough 2NZEF Nom. Roll 11, p.3
  • Occupation before enlistment
  • Age on enlistment

Embarkations

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Prisoner of war

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  • Capture details
  • Days interned
  • Liberation date
  • Liberation Repatriation
  • POW liberation details
  • POW serial number

Medical history

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  • Medical notes

Last known rank

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  • Last rank

Biographical information

Biographical information

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Death

About death

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  • Death
  • Date of death
    14 February 1979 Public - Christine - Other relative - 27 June 2017 - Cemetery Records
  • Age at death
    65 years Public - Christine - Other relative - 27 June 2017 - Cemetery Records
  • Place of death
    Palmerston North, Manawatu, New Zealand. Public - Christine - Other relative - 27 June 2017 - Cemetery Records
  • Cause of death
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
  • Cemetery name
    Feilding Cemetery , Feilding, Manawatu, New Zealand. Public - Christine - Other relative - 27 June 2017 - Cemetery Records
  • Grave reference
    Block 4, Row 207, Plot 48. Public - Christine - Other relative - 27 June 2017 - Cemetery Records
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  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

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Sources

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    Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force. (1945). Nominal Roll Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force No. 11 (Embarkations from 1st April, 1943 to 30th June, 1943). Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
    p.3 AWMM

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07 August 2018ChristineBulls NZOther relative

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