Regimental number | 314 |
Place of birth | Beulah Tasmania |
Religion | Baptist |
Occupation | Labourer |
Address | c/o G Walker, Calder Road, Wynyard, Tasmania |
Marital status | Single |
Age at embarkation | 20 |
Next of kin | Father, F J Knowles, Pomona, North Coast Line, Tasmania |
Enlistment date | |
Rank on enlistment | Private |
Unit name | 12th Battalion, C Company |
AWM Embarkation Roll number | 23/29/1 |
Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Hobart, Tasmania, on board HMAT A2 Geelong on |
Rank from Nominal Roll | Corporal |
Unit from Nominal Roll | Anzac Provost Corps |
Fate | Died of wounds |
Age at death from cemetery records | 23 |
Place of burial | Daours Communal Cemetery Extension (Plot III, Row E, Grave No. 64), France |
Panel number, Roll of Honour, Australian War Memorial | 66 |
Miscellaneous information from cemetery records | Parents: Frank John and Maria Ellen KNOWLES, Cooroy, Queensland. Native of Beulah, Tasmania |
Family/military connections | Uncle: 153 Sergeant Charles William Arthur COX, 40th Bn, killed in action, 12 October 1917; Cousins: 574 Pte Claude Lynton NIBBS, 40th Bn, killed in action, 12 October 1917; 245 Pte William Frederick David NIBBS, 40th Bn, returned to Australia, 16 July 1917.~ |
Other details |
War service: Egypt, Gallipoli, Western Front Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal |