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Percy Lorenzo Adamson

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Nominal Roll Vol 2 (Roll 38), Page: 3 - No known copyright restrictions

Nominal Roll Vol 2 (Roll 38), Page: 3 - No known copyright restrictions

Identity

  • Title
  • Forenames
    Percy Lorenzo AWMM
  • Surname
    Adamson AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    • 8629 AWMM
    • 16253 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    13 March 1873 AWMM NorfolkEngland AWMM
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
    • Pre 10 April 1902 AWMM 9 Ellice Street, Wellington, New Zealand AWMM
    • Pre 5 April 1916 AWMM Cameron Road, Tauranga, New Zealand AWMM
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    • John William Adamson, 9 Ellice Street, Wellington, New Zealand AWMM
    • Mrs E. Adamson (wife), Cameron Road, Tauranga, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status
    • Pre 14 April 1902 AWMM Single AWMM
    • Pre 10 August 1916 AWMM Married AWMM
      Married, 5 children AWMM

Service

Wars and conflicts

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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
    • Height, Unknown Period AWMM
      5 foot 7.5 inches AWMM
    • Eye colour, Unknown Period AWMM
      Bluish grey AWMM
    • Weight, Unknown Period AWMM
      144 pounds AWMM
    • Tattoos, Unknown Period AWMM
      tattoo skull and crossbones right forearm AWMM
    • Hospital Diseases , Wounds, WWI AWMM
      May 1917 seriously ill with scarlet fever AWMM
    • Other, WWI AWMM
      Nature of Injury: Myalgia (general) Percent of disability: 50 Source: New Zealand. Army (1920). List of the names of all ex-members of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force, suffering permanent disability from 20% to 100% AWMM
    • Other, WWI AWMM
      Nature of Injury: G.S.W. both buttocks Percent of disability: 50 Source: New Zealand. Army (1920). List of the names of all ex-members of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force, suffering permanent disability from 20% to 100% AWMM

Last known rank

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Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Husband of Elizabeth nee Hazelhurst, married 1908. Father of Elizabeth b1909, Stanley b1911, Hazel b1912, Percival b1915, Evelyn b1916

    Moeraki then transhipped to "Mooltan" at Sydney for Suez.

    Present address (as listed in New Zealand. Army (1920). List of the names of all ex-members of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force, suffering permanent disability from 20% to 100%): King George V. Hospital, Rotorua

    Present address (as listed in New Zealand. Army (1920). List of the names of all ex-members of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force, suffering permanent disability from 20% to 100%): Auckland Military Hospital (28 Hales - Owen Av., Edendale)

    Father was named John William Adamson. AWMM
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Death

About death

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  • Death
    23 April 1957 AWMM
    Age 84 AWMM
    AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
    • Waikumete Cemetery, Glen Eden, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM Soldiers burial L Row 11, Plot 100 AWMM
    • Waikumete Cemetery AWMM
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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  • Memorial name

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Sources

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Contributors

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26 August 2018SarndraAuckland, New ZealandResearcher

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