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Cenotaph record

John Adams

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Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    John AWMM
  • Surname
    Adams AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    New Zealand Wars 2603 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi
  • Hapū
  • Waka
  • Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
  • Relationship status

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    New Zealand Wars AWMM
  • Campaign
    1860-1861 Taranaki War 1860-1861 AWMM
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Service number
    New Zealand Wars 2603 AWMM
  • Military service
  • Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers

Military decorations

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  • Medals and Awards

Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
  • Enlistment
  • 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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Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Married Catherine Griffin, had a son, John Joseph Adams and possibly a daughter, Mary Adams. Family source. AWMM

Death

About death

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  • Death
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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Sources

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  • External links
    Soldiers of Empire database, Victoria University of Wellington
    http://www.soldiersofempire.nz/database.html
    Sources Used
  • References
    Hughes, H & Hughes, L. (1998). Discharged in New Zealand: Soldiers of the Imperial Foot Regiments who took their discharge in New Zealand 1840-1870. The New Zealand Society of Genealogists. Auckland : New Zealand. AWMM

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