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Adrian Raymond Thomas

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Photograph of Troopers (from left) Adrian Raymond Thomas (from Ruawai) and William Norman Whitehead (from Hikurangi), members of the New Zealand Army Special Air Service. Photograph taken by an unidentified New Zealand Army photographer about 1955, during the Malayan Emergency (1948-1960). Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, SAS-087/SAS-088-F

Photograph of Troopers (from left) Adrian Raymond Thomas (from Ruawai) and William Norman Whitehead …

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Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Adrian Raymond AWMM
  • Surname
    Thomas AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
    Charlie AWMM
  • Service number
    Malaya 34872 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi
    Iwi Māori AWMM
  • Hapū
  • Waka
  • Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    Waimahana Bay, Northland AWMM
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
  • Relationship status

Service

Wars and conflicts

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Military decorations

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Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
  • Enlistment
  • Occupation before enlistment
  • Age on enlistment

Embarkations

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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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  • Trooper Thomas was the first New Zealand Special Air Service soldier to die in action. He was returned to New Zealand in 2018 as part of the Te Auraki Repatriation Project. AWMM

Death

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  • Death
    2 May 1956 AWMM
    Malaya, Malaysia AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
    Killed in Action AWMM
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
    Te Pātūnga Marae AWMM
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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    • Auckland War Memorial Museum, Hall of Memories. Korea, Malaya-Borneo. AWMM
    • Roll of Honour, Northern Wairoa RSA, Dargaville AWMM

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