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Ralph Burman Adams

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Portrait of Sergeant Ralph Burman Adams (19100). Image kindly provided by Marlborough memorial project (2009). Image has no known copyright restrictions.

Portrait of Sergeant Ralph Burman Adams (19100). Image kindly provided by Marlborough memorial proje …

Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Ralph Burman AWMM
  • Surname
    Adams AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    WWI 19100 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion
    Church of England, Christian AWMM

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    14 September 1891 Military personnel file
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    Albert Adams (father), Lane Street, Islington, Blenheim, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
  • Campaign
    Messines AWMM
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Service number
    WWI 19100 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
    WW1 Clerk AWMM
  • 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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  • Ralph Adams was the son of Albert and Marian Adams, of Lane St., Islington, Blenheim.

    New Zealand at the Front ( a magazine written and published and illustrated in France by men of the New Zealand Division) 1917 issue, page141. AWMM

Death

About death

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  • Death
    7 June 1917 AWMM
    Belgium, Europe AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
    Killed in Action AWMM
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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  • Memorial name
    • Messines Ridge (New Zealand) Memorial, Messines Ridge British Cemetery, Belgium AWMM
    • Marlborough War Memorial, 20 Seymour Street, Blenheim, 7201 AWMM
    • Havelock War Memorial, Havelock AWMM
    • Marlborough Great War Memorial, WW1 AWMM

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  • We are all thinking of you at this time of remembrance. RIP
    Public - Donald Montague - Other relative - 8 November 2018
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  • In memory of your sacrifice from your great nieces and nephews. RIP
    Public - Margaret Clare - Direct descendant - 13 January 2017
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DateFirst namesLocationRelationshipContact
02 December 2022Ian BanksTaumarunui New ZealandResearcher
08 November 2018Donald MontagueHermanus< South AfricaOther relative
13 January 2017Margaret ClareAuckland NZDirect descendant

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