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Cenotaph record

English Māori

Robert Sefton Adams

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Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Robert Sefton AWMM
  • Surname
    Adams AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi
  • Hapū
  • Waka
  • Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    London, England AWMM
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
    Unknown AWMM 27 Taswell Road, Southsea, Hampshire, England AWMM
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    Mrs Mary Adams (wife), 5 Queens Gate, Southsea, Hampshire, England AWMM
  • Relationship status
    Unknown AWMM Married AWMM

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
  • Campaign
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Service number
  • Military service
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Military decorations

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Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
  • Enlistment
    Unknown AWMM England, United Kingdom AWMM
  • Occupation before enlistment
  • Age on enlistment

Prisoner of war

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

Medical history

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  • Medical notes

Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Son of Dr. Harry and Jessie Adams, of "Kangimarie," Silverstream, Wellington, New Zealand; husband of Mary Stanley Adams nee Carpenter, of 5 Queens Gate, Southsea. AWMM

Death

About death

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  • Death
    15 October 1917 AWMM
    Age 29 AWMM
    Belgium, Europe AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
    Zandvoorde British Cemetery, Kriusekestraat Road, Zonnebeke, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium AWMM II. J. 26. AWMM
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Memorials

Memorial

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Sources

Sources

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  • External links
    Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
    http://www.cwgc.org
    Sources Used
  • Documents
    • England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations),1861-1941 AWMM
    • Army Medal Office. WWI Medal Index Cards. AWMM
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