John Adlam

Forenames

John AWMM

Surname

Adlam AWMM

Also known as

John David ADLAM

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Service number

WWI 20699 AWMM

Gender

Male AWMM

Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe

Iwi Māori, Māori AWMM

Date of birth

13th May 1890

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Place of birth

Waitara, Taranaki

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Birth notes

Son of John David & Ramari ADLAM

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Address before enlistment

Pitt Street Fire Station, Auckland

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Next of kin

Mrs Ramari Adlam (mother), Waitara, Taranaki, New Zealand AWMM

Relationship status

Single
1920 John David ADLAM married Gladys Nellie GOODE

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War

World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM

Armed force / branch

Army AWMM

Service number

WWI 20699 AWMM

Enlistment

WW1 Unknown AWMM Fireman/Military AWMM

Embarkation details

WW1 23 Sep 1916-19 Nov 1916 AWMM
HMNZT 65 AWMM Vessel was Pakeha AWMM Sergeant AWMM 8th Reinforcements AWMM Maori Contingent AWMM

Husband of Gladys Nellie Adlam

His son Reginald George David Adlam (NZ4212786 ) was killed in WW2 AWMM

Related objects

External links

• Military personnel file
  https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R22269434
  Further Reference
• Cowan, J. (1926). The Maoris in the Great War. Auckland, N.Z.: Maori Regimental Committee by Whitcombe & Tombs.
  https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/webarchive/20201108000000/https://nzetc.victoria.ac.nz/tm/scholarly/tei-CowMaor.html
  Further Reference

References

• Information kindly provided by family
• New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1917). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume II. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
  41: 40
• Soutar, M. (2019). Whitiki! Whiti! Whiti! E!: Maori In the First World War. New Zealand: David Bateman Ltd.
• Cowan, J. (1926). The Maoris in the Great War. Auckland, N.Z.: Maori Regimental Committee by Whitcombe & Tombs.
• Pugsley, C. (1995). Te Hokowhitu a Tu : the Maori Pioneer Battalion in the first World War. Auckland, N.Z.: Reed.
• HMNZT 65 - Pakeha : the journal of the Seventeenth Reinforcements H.M.N.Z. Transport 65 (S.S."Pakeha"). Pilling, E.G. (Ewen George), editor. McGhie, J.G. (John Gordon), editor. Bell, R.B. (Robert Brown), editor. -- At sea : Officers and men, 17th Reinforcements : 1916.