condensed discuss document expanded export feedback print share remove reset document_white enquire_white export_white report_white

Cenotaph record

William Henry Adair

Lay a poppy
Headstone, Florence War Cemetery (photograph Gabrielle Fortune 2008). - Image has All Rights Reserved

Headstone, Florence War Cemetery (photograph Gabrielle Fortune 2008). - Image has All Rights Reserve …

Identity

About

Contribute ›
  • Title
  • Forenames
    William Henry AWMM
  • Surname
    Adair AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    516657 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

Contribute ›
  • Birth
  • Date of birth
    b. 1914 Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 20 June 2023 - NZ BDM Birth Records
  • Place of birth
    Gisborne Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 20 June 2023 - NZ BDM Birth Records
  • Birth notes
    Son of William Henry Adair and of Barbara Adair (nee Holmes), of Gisborne, Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 20 June 2023 - https://www.nzwargraves.org.nz/casualties/william-henry-adair
  • Address before enlistment
    Unknown AWMM PO Box 26, Manutuke, New Zealand AWMM
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    Mrs Barbara M. Adair (wife), Manutuke, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status
    • Unknown AWMM Married AWMM
    • 1940 Married Barbara Maude Hutchinson Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 20 June 2023 - NZ BDM Marriage Records

Service

Wars and conflicts

Contribute ›
  • War
    World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM
  • Campaign
    Italy AWMM
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Service number
    516657 AWMM
  • Military service
  • Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers

Military decorations

Contribute ›

Training and Enlistment

Contribute ›
  • Military training
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
  • Enlistment
    WW2 Unknown AWMM Farmer/Civilian AWMM
    Gisborne, Gisborne AWMM
  • Occupation before enlistment
  • Age on enlistment

Embarkations

Contribute ›

Prisoner of war

Contribute ›
  • Capture details
  • Days interned
  • Liberation date
  • Liberation Repatriation
  • POW liberation details
  • POW serial number

Medical history

Contribute ›
  • Medical notes
    Killed on Active Service, Cause of Death AWMM

Last known rank

Contribute ›

Biographical information

Biographical information

Contribute ›
  • Son of William Henry Adair and of Barbara Adair (nee Holmes), of Gisborne, Auckland, New Zealand; husband of Barbara M. Adair, of Gisborne. AWMM

Death

About death

Contribute ›
  • Death
    3 August 1944 AWMM
    Age 29 AWMM
    Italy, Europe AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
    Killed on Active Service AWMM
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
    Florence War Cemetery, Italy AWMM VIII. A. 11. AWMM
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
    Lieutenant W. H. Adair, whose death from wounds is reported from the Mediterranean theatre, was the only son of Mir. and Mrs. Harry Adair, Manutuke. He was 32 years of age, and is survived by Mrs. Adair, formerly Miss Barbara Hutchinson, and two infant children. Second Lieutenant Adair served for some time in New Zealand with a Territorial unit before being released for departure overseas, being one of a large number of officers who dropped their commissioned rank to serve abroad, and being re-commissioned after short service with the New Zealand Division in Italy. He was an old boy of Wanganui Collegiate School, and in later years took a keen interest in the Poverty Bay Hunt, Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 20 June 2023 - ROLL OF HONOUR
    GISBORNE HERALD, VOLUME LXXI, ISSUE 21484, 16 AUGUST 1944, PAGE 4
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

Contribute ›
  • Memorial name
    • Auckland War Memorial Museum, World War 2 Hall of Memories AWMM
    • Gisborne First World War Memorial, The Esplanade, Kaiti, Gisborne AWMM

Roll of Honour

Remember William Henry Adair by laying a poppy.

Leave a note

Leave a tribute or memory of William Henry Adair

Leave a note

Contribute ›

Sources

Sources

Contribute ›
  • External links
    Commonwealth War Graves Commission record
    https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/2613609
    Sources Used
  • References
    • Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force. (1945). Nominal Roll Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force No. 12 (Embarkations from 1st July, 1943 to 31st December, 1943). Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
      WW2 12: WW2 3 AWMM
    • Auckland Museum. Roll of Honour, Auckland Province, 1939 - 1945. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS 93/139. AWMM

Contributors

Command item
Command item
Add new record Refresh
DateFirst namesLocationRelationshipContact
20 June 2023Lorraine MonaGisborne Researcher
02 December 2021Ian Banks Taumarunui New ZealandResearcher
02 November 2019GregWanganuiResearcher

The development of the Online Cenotaph is an ongoing process; updates, new images and records are added weekly. In some cases, records have yet to be confirmed by Museum staff, and there could be mistakes or omissions in the information provided.

Creative Commons LicenseOnline Cenotaph Data by Auckland War Memorial Museum is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.