James Alexander Adams was born on 20 March 1892 in Waverley, Southland, South Island, New Zealand, the fourth of the six children of Henry Peter Adams (1864-1937) and Marjory Gavins Adams née Robb (1863-1920).
His five siblings were: Henry Peter Adams (1887-1888); John Adams (1889-1890); William James Adams (1890-1891); Maida Gunioun Adams (1896-1951) and Marjory Gavins Adams (1901-1966).
Much information about his life is contained on the .
He enlisted as a Trooper in the Canterbury Mounted Rifles, service number 7/571, on 20 August 1914. (The Image Source shows him in the uniform of this regiment).
He was serving in the 16th Company of the 4th Battalion, New Zealand Contingent, Imperial Camel Corps, when he was shot on 28 November 1917 receiving bullet wounds to his chest and right shoulder. He died from these wounds, aged 25 years, on 27 December 1917 in the Abbasia Hospital in Cairo, Egypt and his body was , in the Cairo War Memorial Cemetery, 267J+PR6, Abd El Salam Nasr, Al Kafour, Old Cairo, Cairo Governorate 4244123, Egypt.
He was posthumously awarded the 1914-15 Star, the British War Medal 1914-1918 and the Victory Medal.
He is shown as "SGT. ADAMS J. A.", serving, confusingly, in the 3rd Battalion, New Zealand Contingent, on the Imperial Camel Corps war memorial in the Victoria Embankment Gardens, London, WC2. He is also commemorated on the , on the , on the , on the and on the .
Credit for this entry to: Andrew Behan.
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