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Hugh Miles William Adams

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Renwick War Memorial. Image provided by John Halpin 2017, CC BY John Halpin 2017.

Renwick War Memorial. Image provided by John Halpin 2017, CC BY John Halpin 2017.

Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Hugh Miles William AWMM
  • Surname
    Adams AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    19750 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
    Unknown AWMM Rock Ferry, Langley Dale, Blenheim, New Zealand AWMM
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    Mr R.G.W. Williams (father), Maxwell Road, Blenheim, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status
    Unknown AWMM Single AWMM

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM
  • Campaign
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Service number
    19750 AWMM
  • Military service
  • Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers

Military decorations

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Training and Enlistment

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Prisoner of war

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  • Capture details
    • WW2 POW - P.G. 73, Carpi, Italy Italy Imperial POW Alphabetical List
      Italy, Europe Italy Imperial POW Alphabetical List
    • WW2 POW - Stalag XVIII-A, Wolfsberg, Austria POW Deaths (R25405152)
  • Days interned
  • Liberation date
  • Liberation Repatriation
  • POW liberation details
  • POW serial number

Medical history

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  • Medical notes
    • Killed or died while a Prisoner of War, Cause of Death AWMM
      Died while Prisoner of War AWMM
    • 11 August 1943 AWMMOther, WWII AWMM
      Lazarett Zweiglalger Spittal. Stalag XVIIIA. Pneunomia. AWMM
    • I believe Hugh Adams was a friend of my father, who was on his funeral cortege in Austria Public - Lynn - 11 October 2020 - I have notes and a recorded interview from my father where this is mentioned. They were in the same POW camp together.

Last known rank

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Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Son of Russell G. W. Adams and of Marion Adams (nee Preslaw), of Blenheim, Marlborough, New Zealand. AWMM

Death

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  • Death
    8 November 1943 AWMM
    Age 35 AWMM
    Austria, Europe AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
    Killed or died while a Prisoner of War AWMM
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
    Klagenfurt War Cemetery, Austria AWMM 6. A. 11. AWMM
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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  • Memorial name
    • Renick War Memorial, 55 High Street, Renwick AWMM
    • Marlborough War Memorial, Second World War Panel AWMM

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Sources

Sources

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  • External links
    Commonwealth War Graves Commission record
    https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/2805200
    Sources Used
  • References
    • Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force. (1942). Nominal Roll Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force No. 5 (Embarkations from 1st July, 1941 to 30 September, 1941). Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
      WW2 5: WW2 5 AWMM
    • Pringle, D., & Glue, W. (1957). 20 Battalion and Armoured Regiment. Wellington, N.Z.: Department of Internal Affairs, War History Branch. AWMM
    • Great Britain Army. (1945). Italy : imperial prisoners of war alphabetical list : section 4. London, U.K.: Government Printer. AWMM
    • Deaths While Prisoner of War - Navy, Army, Air Force and Civilians [WW2 NZ POW Deaths], Archives New Zealand, Wellington, AAAA 7393 Box 1 (R25405152). AWMM

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11 October 2020LynnNelson, New ZealandOther

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