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Gordon Adam

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Headstone, bronze plaque, Waipu Public Cemetery (Photo P Baker 2006) - This image may be subject to copyright.

Headstone, bronze plaque, Waipu Public Cemetery (Photo P Baker 2006) - This image may be subject to …

Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Gordon AWMM
  • Surname
    Adam AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    514333 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 PO Box 110, Eltham, Taranaki, New Zealand AWMM
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    • Mrs I.L.G. Adam (wife), c/o G.H. Heal, Eltham RD, Taranaki, New Zealand AWMM
    • Mrs Ivy Louis Caroline Adam (Wife) Public - Tamara - Direct descendant - 6 November 2015 - Oral Family History.
  • Relationship status
    • Unknown AWMM Married AWMM
    • Pre 1944 AWMM Married/WWII AWMM
    • Married Public - Tamara - Direct descendant - 6 November 2015 - Oral Family History

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM
  • Campaign
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Service number
    514333 AWMM
  • Military service
  • Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers

Military decorations

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  • Medals and Awards

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

Last known rank

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Biographical information

Biographical information

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Death

About death

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  • Death
    30 August 1969 AWMM
    Age 65 AWMM
    New Zealand AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
    Waipu Public Cemetery, Northland, New Zealand AWMM
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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Sources

Sources

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  • References
    Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force. (1945). Nominal Roll Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force No. 13 (Embarkations from 1st January, 1944 to 31st March, 1944). Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
    p.3 AWMM

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06 November 2015TamaraWanganuiDirect descendant

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