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Cyril Wallace John Adamson

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Identity

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Cyril Wallace John AWMM
  • Surname
    Adamson AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
    Silvester AWMM
  • Service number
    WWI 6/1443 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion
    Catholic, Christian AWMM

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    • 6 September 1893 AWMM
    • 24 February 1892 Peter Dennis, UNSW Canberra Melbourne, Cambridgeshire Peter Dennis, UNSW Canberra
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
    Pre 7 January 1915 AWMM Reefton, New Zealand AWMM
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    Mr Hugh Adamson (father), 30 Clarke Street, Greymouth, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status
    Unknown AWMM Single AWMM

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
  • Campaign
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Service number
    WWI 6/1443 AWMM
  • Military service
    A Company, Greymouth, 13th Regiment AWMM
  • Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers

Military decorations

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  • Medals and Awards

Training and Enlistment

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Embarkations

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  • Embarkation details

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
    • Height, Unknown Period AWMM
      5 foot 5.25 inches AWMM
    • Weight, Unknown Period AWMM
      140 pounds AWMM
    • Eye colour, Unknown Period AWMM
      Blue AWMM
    • Hair colour, Unknown Period AWMM
      Light brown AWMM
    • Height, WWI AWMM
      5' 11" AWMM
    • Weight, WWI AWMM
      154 lb AWMM

Last known rank

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Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Attested January 1915, discharged February 1915.

    Named Silvester Wallace John Adamson on the Ballot paper. Not listed on the Nominal Rolls. Not listed as Reserves on New Zealand World War I service personnel and reserves index [electronic resource]. (2002). Auckland, St Johns Branch NZSG.

    Parents: John F. and Mary Ann Farrell, 'Emoh-Ruo', Buncle Street, North Melbourne, Australia. One of four brothers who served. AWMM

Death

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  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
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  • Cemetery
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  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
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