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Alfred Edward John Adams

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Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Alfred Edward John AWMM
  • Surname
    Adams AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
    Alf AWMM
  • Service number
    WWII 244884 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion
    Christian AWMM

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    16 October 1918 2NZEF Nom Roll 9 Kaukapakapa, Auckland Province 2NZEF Nom Roll 9
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
    WW2 C/O Mr. W.Robertson, Tawa Flats AWMM
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    WW2 Mrs. Ruth Lois Adams(wife), 3 Mortimer Terrace, Wellington AWMM
  • Relationship status
    1942 AWMM Married/WWII AWMM
    Married 3 weeks before leaving New Zealand AWMM

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM
  • Campaign
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Service number
    WWII 244884 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 Unknown 2NZEF Nom Roll 9 Farmer/Civilian 2NZEF Nom Roll 9
    2NZEF Nom Roll 9
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  • 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
    10 April 2015 Public source
    Public source
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
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  • Cemetery
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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Sources

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  • References
    • Cenotaph data entry form AWMM
    • Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force. (1945). Nominal Roll Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force No. 9 (Embarkations from 1st July, 1942 to 31st December, 1942). Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
      p.3 AWMM
    • Information kindly provided by family AWMM

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08 February 2017MeganKaukapakapaResearcher
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