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Charles Robert Adamson

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Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Charles Robert AWMM
  • Surname
    Adamson AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    72644 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 Hill Street, Ravensbourne, Dunedin, New Zealand AWMM
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    Mrs A.s. Adamson (mother), Hill Street, Ravensbourne, Dunedin, 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
    Pacific Theatre of War AWMM
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Service number
    72644 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 AWMM French Polisher/Civilian AWMM
  • Occupation before enlistment
  • Age on enlistment

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
    Killed in Action, Cause of Death AWMM

Last known rank

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Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Son of Walter and Annie Sarah Adamson, of Dunedin. Otago. New Zealand. AWMM

Death

About death

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  • Death
    • 17 February 1944 AWMM
      Age 27 AWMM
      AWMM
    • 17 February 1944 Allan Steel Cemetery Project
      Age 27 AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
    Killed in Action AWMM
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
    • Bourail New Zealand War Cemetery, New Caledonia AWMM 2.06 AWMM
    • Andersons Bay General Cemetery, Dunedin City Council AWMM Block 62, Plot 72 AWMM
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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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/2384901
    Sources Used
  • References
    • Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force. (1942). Nominal Roll Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force No. 8 (Embarkations from 1st April, 1942 to 30th June, 1942). Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
      WW2 8: WW2 3 AWMM
    • This record was partially compiled from data kindly provided by Allan Steel Cemetery Project (2020) AWMM

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11 April 2023Ian BanksTaumarunui New ZealandResearcher

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