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Francis Harold Adams

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Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Francis Harold AWMM
  • Surname
    Adams AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    WWI 189 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion
    Church of England, Christian AWMM

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    2 May 1894 Peter Dennis, UNSW Canberra & BDM Peter Dennis, UNSW Canberra & BDM
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    WW1 John Henry Adams, Sylvan Avenue, Mount Eden, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status
    Pre 27 August 1914 AWMM Single/WWI AWMM

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
  • Campaign
    • 1914-1916 Egypt AWMM
    • 1915-1916 Gallipoli AWMM
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Service number
    WWI 189 AWMM
  • Military service
    Served for 8 years in the New Zealand Military Forces; left the country. AWMM
  • 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
    WW1 27 August 1914 Peter Dennis, UNSW Canberra
    Age 21 AWMM
    Labourer/Civilian Peter Dennis, UNSW Canberra
    Brisbane, Queensland Peter Dennis, UNSW Canberra
  • Occupation before enlistment
  • Age on enlistment

Embarkations

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Prisoner of war

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

Medical history

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  • Medical notes
    • Height, WWI AWMM
      5' 10" AWMM
    • Weight, WWI AWMM
      142 lb AWMM

Last known rank

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Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Embarked Alexandria to join the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force (Gallipoli Campaign), 2 March 1915.

    Wounded in action, Gallipoli, 25 April 1915 (gun shot wound, lower extremities); admitted to 2nd General Hospital, Mena, Egypt (date not recorded); transferred to Convalescent Hospital, Helouan, 13 May 1915; to Base Details, Zeitoun, 18 June 1915.
    Embarked for Gallipoli, 21 July 1915.

    Admitted to hospital, Mustapha, Egypt, 29 July 1915 (venereal); transferred same day to Convalescent Depot; to Australian Base Depot Infantry, Cairo, 5 August 1915.

    Commenced return to Australia on board HT Wiltshire

    Declared a deserter, 20 March 1916, and struck off strength; ineligible for medals.

    Note: record is confusing: records discharge, Brisbane, 16 December 1915. AWMM
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Death

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  • Death
    1974 BDM
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  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
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  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

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