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Charles Nightingale Adams

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Group, 27 Reinforcement Medical Corps and nurses of the New Zealand Army Nursing Service, photographed on deck. Autographed by 19 of the twenty men in the 27 Reinforcement Medical Corps. The top row has Alexander Watt, Edward McGinley, William Wallace, Stanley Chirnside, Arthur Howes, Stanley Gribble, Vernon Haydon, Alfred Cashmore, Frederick Orchard, Robert Edwards. The second row has Vieira Currie and Harold Herbert Taylor. The bottom row has Robert Dowling, W.J. Weeks, Charles Fenwick, Charles Nightingale Adams, Harry Gore, Adam Harvie and Cecil Howe. Captain Kenneth MacKenzie has not signed the photograph. The nurses are part of the New Zealand Army Nursing Service; it is highly likely that the nurses are Flora Gray, Beatrice Gubbins, Nan Heath, Ruby Millar, Dorothy Miller, Edith Thomson. Nurses, left to right Ruby Millar, Dorothy Miller, Edith Thomson. Beatrice Gubbins sits third from the right. Flora Gray sits first from the right. - No known copyright restrictions

Group, 27 Reinforcement Medical Corps and nurses of the New Zealand Army Nursing Service, photograph …

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Charles Nightingale AWMM
  • Surname
    Adams AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    WWI 50972 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion
    Church of England, Christian AWMM

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    21 May 1890 Military personnel file Sydney, New South Wales Military personnel file
  • Date of birth
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  • Address before enlistment
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    Mrs A.M.S. Adams (wife), 3 Rixon Grove, Wellington, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status
    Pre 16 July 1917 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
    WWI 50972 AWMM
  • Military service
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Military decorations

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Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
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    WW1 Chemist/Civilian AWMM
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Prisoner of war

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  • Capture details
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  • Liberation date
  • Liberation Repatriation
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Medical history

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  • Medical notes

Last known rank

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Biographical information

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Death

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  • Death
    22 June 1944 Military personnel file
    Military personnel file
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